Edexcel S2 2006 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2006
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Uniform Random Variables
TypeGeometric applications

  1. Before introducing a new rule the secretary of a golf club decided to find out how members might react to this rule.
    1. Explain why the secretary decided to take a random sample of club members rather than ask all the members.
    2. Suggest a suitable sampling frame.
    3. Identify the sampling units.
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    4. The continuous random variable \(L\) represents the error, in mm , made when a machine cuts rods to a target length. The distribution of \(L\) is continuous uniform over the interval [-4.0, 4.0].
    Find
  2. \(\mathrm { P } ( L < - 2.6 )\),
  3. \(\mathrm { P } ( L < - 3.0\) or \(L > 3.0 )\). A random sample of 20 rods cut by the machine was checked.
  4. Find the probability that more than half of them were within 3.0 mm of the target length.