OCR Further Statistics 2021 November — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Statistics (Further Statistics)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicCentral limit theorem

4 A random sample of 160 observations of a random variable \(X\) is selected. The sample can be summarised as follows.
\(n = 160 \quad \sum x = 2688 \quad \sum x ^ { 2 } = 48398\)
  1. Calculate unbiased estimates of the following.
    1. \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\)
    2. \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\)
  2. Find a 99\% confidence interval for \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\), giving the end-points of the interval correct to 4 significant figures.
  3. Explain whether it was necessary to use the Central Limit Theorem in answering
    1. part (a),
    2. part (b).