Edexcel S1 2011 January — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2011
SessionJanuary
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeCumulative frequency graph construction then interpretation

5. On a randomly chosen day, each of the 32 students in a class recorded the time, \(t\) minutes to the nearest minute, they spent on their homework. The data for the class is summarised in the following table.
Time, \(t\)Number of students
10-192
20-294
30-398
40-4911
50-695
70-792
  1. Use interpolation to estimate the value of the median. Given that $$\sum t = 1414 \quad \text { and } \quad \sum t ^ { 2 } = 69378$$
  2. find the mean and the standard deviation of the times spent by the students on their homework.
  3. Comment on the skewness of the distribution of the times spent by the students on their homework. Give a reason for your answer.