CAIE S1 2013 November — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2013
SessionNovember
TopicData representation
TypeMisleading visual representation features

1 The distance of a student's home from college, correct to the nearest kilometre, was recorded for each of 55 students. The distances are summarised in the following table.
Distance from college \(( \mathrm { km } )\)\(1 - 3\)\(4 - 5\)\(6 - 8\)\(9 - 11\)\(12 - 16\)
Number of students18138124
Dominic is asked to draw a histogram to illustrate the data. Dominic's diagram is shown below.
\includegraphics[max width=\textwidth, alt={}, center]{d6836b62-75e7-410e-ab1e-83c391b85948-2_1225_1303_628_422} Give two reasons why this is not a correct histogram.