Edexcel S2 2011 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeIdentify distribution and parameters

  1. A factory produces components. Each component has a unique identity number and it is assumed that \(2 \%\) of the components are faulty. On a particular day, a quality control manager wishes to take a random sample of 50 components.
    1. Identify a sampling frame.
    The statistic \(F\) represents the number of faulty components in the random sample of size 50.
  2. Specify the sampling distribution of \(F\).