Edexcel S1 — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
TopicData representation
TypeDraw histogram then perform calculations

6. The number of people visiting a new art gallery each day is recorded over a three-month period and the results are summarised in the table below.
Number of visitorsNumber of days
400-4593
460-4798
480-49913
500-51912
520-53918
540-55911
560-5999
600-6995
  1. Draw a histogram on graph paper to illustrate these data. In order to calculate summary statistics for the data it is coded using \(y = \frac { x - 509.5 } { 10 }\), where \(x\) is the mid-point of each class.
  2. Find \(\sum\) fy. You may assume that \(\sum f y ^ { 2 } = 2041\).
  3. Using these values for \(\sum f y\) and \(\sum f y ^ { 2 }\), calculate estimates of the mean and standard deviation of the number of visitors per day.
    (6 marks)