Edexcel S1 2014 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2014
SessionJanuary
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeHistogram from discrete rounded data

2. A rugby club coach uses club records to take a random sample of 15 players from 1990 and an independent random sample of 15 players from 2010. The body weight of each player was recorded to the nearest kg and the results from 2010 are summarised in the table below.
Body weight (kg)75-7980-8485-8990-9495-99100-104105-109
Number of Players (2010)1224321
  1. Find the estimated values in kg of the summary statistics \(a\), \(b\) and \(c\) in the table below.
    Estimate in 1990Estimate in 2010
    Mean83.0\(a\)
    Median82.0\(b\)
    Variance44.0\(c\)
    Give your answers to 3 significant figures. The rugby coach claims that players’ body weight increased between 1990 and 2010.
  2. Using the table in part (a), comment on the rugby coach's claim. \includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{a839a89a-17f0-473b-ac10-bcec3dbe97f7-05_104_97_2613_1784}