CAIE S2 2014 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2014
SessionJune
TopicCentral limit theorem

5 The score on one throw of a 4 -sided die is denoted by the random variable \(X\) with probability distribution as shown in the table.
\(x\)0123
\(\mathrm { P } ( X = x )\)0.250.250.250.25
  1. Show that \(\operatorname { Var } ( X ) = 1.25\). The die is thrown 300 times. The score on each throw is noted and the mean, \(\bar { X }\), of the 300 scores is found.
  2. Use a normal distribution to find \(\mathrm { P } ( \bar { X } < 1.4 )\).
  3. Justify the use of the normal distribution in part (ii).