Edexcel S1 2006 January — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2006
SessionJanuary
TopicModelling and Hypothesis Testing
TypeStatistical modeling theory

5. (a) Write down two reasons for using statistical models.
(b) Give an example of a random variable that could be modelled by
  1. a normal distribution,
  2. a discrete uniform distribution.