CAIE S2 2015 June — Question 4

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2015
SessionJune
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeForward transformation: find new statistics

4 The marks, \(x\), of a random sample of 50 students in a test were summarised as follows. $$n = 50 \quad \Sigma x = 1508 \quad \Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 51825$$
  1. Calculate unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance.
  2. Each student's mark is scaled using the formula \(y = 1.5 x + 10\). Find estimates of the population mean and variance of the scaled marks, \(y\).