CAIE S2 2012 June — Question 3

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2012
SessionJune
TopicCentral limit theorem

3 The lengths, \(x \mathrm {~mm}\), of a random sample of 150 insects of a certain kind were found. The results are summarised by \(\Sigma x = 7520\) and \(\Sigma x ^ { 2 } = 413540\).
  1. Calculate unbiased estimates of the population mean and variance of the lengths of insects of this kind.
  2. Using the values found in part (i), calculate an estimate of the probability that the mean length of a further random sample of 80 insects of this kind is greater than 53 mm .