Edexcel Paper 3 2018 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicContinuous Uniform Random Variables
TypeCompare uniform with other distributions

  1. Helen believes that the random variable \(C\), representing cloud cover from the large data set, can be modelled by a discrete uniform distribution.
    1. Write down the probability distribution for \(C\).
    2. Using this model, find the probability that cloud cover is less than 50\%
    Helen used all the data from the large data set for Hurn in 2015 and found that the proportion of days with cloud cover of less than \(50 \%\) was 0.315
  2. Comment on the suitability of Helen's model in the light of this information.
  3. Suggest an appropriate refinement to Helen’s model.