Edexcel S1 — Question 7

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

7. A cyber-cafe recorded how long each user stayed during one day giving the following results.
Length of stay
(minutes)
\(0 -\)\(30 -\)\(60 -\)\(90 -\)\(120 -\)\(240 -\)\(360 -\)
Number of users153132231720
  1. Use linear interpolation to estimate the median and quartiles of these data. The results of a previous study had led to the suggestion that the length of time each user stays can be modelled by a normal distribution with a mean of 72 minutes and a standard deviation of 48 minutes.
  2. Find the median and quartiles that this model would predict.
  3. Comment on the suitability of the suggested model in the light of the new results.