CAIE S1 2013 November — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicData representation
TypeEstimate mean and standard deviation from histogram

4 The following histogram summarises the times, in minutes, taken by 190 people to complete a race.
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  1. Show that 75 people took between 200 and 250 minutes to complete the race.
  2. Calculate estimates of the mean and standard deviation of the times of the 190 people.
  3. Explain why your answers to part (ii) are estimates.