OCR Further Statistics 2023 June — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Statistics (Further Statistics)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicDiscrete Random Variables
TypeLinear combinations of independent variables

3 The discrete random variable \(W\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { U } ( 11 )\). The independent discrete random variable \(V\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { U } ( 5 )\).
  1. It is given that, for constants \(m\) and \(n\), with \(m > 0\), \(\mathrm { E } ( \mathrm { mW } + \mathrm { nV } ) = 0\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( \mathrm { mW } + \mathrm { nV } ) = 1\). Determine the exact values of \(m\) and \(n\). The random variable \(T\) is the mean of three independent observations of \(W\).
  2. Explain whether the Central Limit Theorem can be used to say that the distribution of \(T\) is approximately normal.