Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · WST03 · Sampling
Topic Questions: 2.1 Methods for collecting data. Simple random sampling. Use of random numbers for sampling. — WST03 Sampling
12 WST03 Sampling topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 9 papers (2014–2026). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved.
Core finding
This Sampling syllabus point appears in 9 WST03 papers across 2014–2026, contributing 12 topic questions and 26 marks. The most recent appearance is WST03/02 January 2026. That equals 28.6% of the 42 topic questions and 34.2% of the 76 marks tagged to Sampling. Only parts tagged to this subtopic are counted, so a four-part question can contribute one item and one part's marks. The table lists every matching question, its tagged parts and marks, with a link back to the paper page. Sessions are newest first, so the statement can be traced back through the full paper history.
Topic questions by session
Newest sessions first. Parts and marks count only the parts tagged to this subtopic; “x of y parts” shows how much of the question is tagged elsewhere. Select the paper cell to open the matching question on the paper page, or use Go to Practice Hub to answer that exact question in the Interactive Practice Hub.
| Paper | Question | Type | Parts | Marks | Difficulty | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WST03/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Stratified Sampling and Hypothesis Testing for Difference of Means - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 Jan 2026 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 7 parts ((a)) | 3 of 17 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/02January 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Sampling Methods - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 Jan 2022 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)(i)) | 1 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Sampling Methods and Chi-squared Association Test - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 Oct 2021 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01January 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Sampling Methods - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 Jan 2021 Q1 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (c)) | 4 of 6 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Systematic Sampling and Uniform Distribution Hypothesis Testing - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 June 2020 Q4 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 2 of 15 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Sampling Methods - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 June 2019 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 3 of 4 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01June 2019 · Edexcel IAL | Q6 Hypothesis Testing - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 June 2019 Q6 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)(i)) | 1 of 14 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01June 2017 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Stratified Sampling and Two-Sample Mean Test - Edexcel IAL Statistics S3 2017 Jun Q5 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 3 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01June 2016 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 Sampling - Edexcel IAL S3 June 2016 Q3 |
FRQ | 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) | 5 of 6 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WST03/01June 2014 · Edexcel IAL | Q1 Sampling Methods - Edexcel IAL S3 June 2014 Q1 |
FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((a)) | 1 of 8 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
Related topic questions in Sampling
Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 10 question stems cover this subtopic across 9 papers, but only 12 tagged parts and 26 marks belong to it. Other parts of the same questions are assessed under different statements and are excluded from this page.
- Which papers include this subtopic?
- The table lists every matching session from 2014–2026. Each row links to the question anchor on the paper page, where the full paper context and practice entry point are available.
- Why can one question appear under several subtopics?
- The parts of one question can assess different syllabus statements. Each part is counted under its own subtopics, so the same question stem can appear on several subtopic pages while each page lists only the parts and marks tagged to that statement.
- Can I practise these questions with AI marking?
- Yes. Open a paper from the table and use the Interactive Practice Hub entry point. The page itself is static HTML so search engines and retrieval agents can read the full question list without executing JavaScript.