Edexcel S1 2009 January — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2009
SessionJanuary
TopicData representation
TypeCalculate using histogram bar dimensions

5. In a shopping survey a random sample of 104 teenagers were asked how many hours, to the nearest hour, they spent shopping in the last month. The results are summarised in the table below.
Number of hoursMid-pointFrequency
0-52.7520
6-76.516
8-10918
11-151325
16-2520.515
26-503810
A histogram was drawn and the group ( \(8 - 10\) ) hours was represented by a rectangle that was 1.5 cm wide and 3 cm high.
  1. Calculate the width and height of the rectangle representing the group (16-25) hours.
  2. Use linear interpolation to estimate the median and interquartile range.
  3. Estimate the mean and standard deviation of the number of hours spent shopping.
  4. State, giving a reason, the skewness of these data.
  5. State, giving a reason, which average and measure of dispersion you would recommend to use to summarise these data.