Edexcel S1 — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicData representation
TypeUse linear interpolation for median or quartiles

3. The frequency distribution for the lengths of 108 fish in an aquarium is given by the following table. The lengths of the fish ranged from 5 cm to 90 cm .
Length \(( \mathrm { cm } )\)\(5 - 10\)\(10 - 20\)\(20 - 25\)\(25 - 30\)\(30 - 40\)\(40 - 60\)\(60 - 90\)
Frequency8162018201412
  1. Calculate estimates of the three quartiles of the distribution.
  2. On graph paper, draw a box and whisker plot of the data.
  3. Hence describe the skewness of the distribution.
  4. If the data were represented by a histogram, what would be the ratio of the heights of the shortest and highest bars?