CAIE S2 2016 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2016
SessionJune
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeStandard unbiased estimates calculation

2 A researcher is investigating the lengths, in kilometres, of the journeys to work of the employees at a certain firm. She takes a random sample of 10 employees.
  1. State what is meant by 'random' in this context. The results of her sample are as follows. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l } 1.5 & 2.0 & 3.6 & 5.9 & 4.8 & 8.7 & 3.5 & 2.9 & 4.1 & 3.0 \end{array}$$
  2. Find unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance.
  3. State what is meant by 'population' in this context.