QQQ – StatsYr1 - Chapter 2 –

Measures of Location & Spread (v1)

Total Marks: 18
(18 = Platinum, 16 = Gold, 14 = Silver, 13 = Bronze)

1. The data below shows the ages 𝒙 of various people in the queue at a post office.
13 17 17 20 21 29 36 45

a. What is the mean age? (1)

b. What is the standard deviation of the age? (2)
𝑥−10
c. The data is coded using 𝑦 = 3
. Determine the mean and standard
deviation of 𝑦. (2)

2. The table shows the orbit durations, to the nearest year, of different comets.

Time (years) 𝑡 1-10 11-20 21-25 26-40 41-60

Number of comets 𝑓 2 5 7 4 12
You may use Σ𝑓𝑡 2 = 39923.75

a. Calculate the mean orbit time of a comet. (2)

b. Use linear interpolation to estimate the median orbit time of a comet. (2)
c. Show that the lower quartile is 20.9 years. (1)
d. Find the interquartile range of the orbit times. (2)
e. Find the standard deviation of the orbit time of a comet. (2)
f. Ten more comets were added to the data, all with an orbit period of 20 years. Calculate the
new mean. (2)
g. There was a measurement error, and the orbit period of each comet should have been
recorded as 5 years longer. Describe the effect on your answers to (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).
(2)

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Solutions (Q2 © Edexcel)

Question 1

a. 24.75 A1
5750
b. 𝜎𝑥 = √ 8
− 24.752 M1
= 10.3 A1
24.75−10
c. 𝑦̅ = 3
= 4.92 B1ft
10.3
𝜎𝑦 = 3 = 3.43 B1ft

Question 2
987.5
a. 𝑥̅ = M1
30
= 32.9 A1
1
b. 𝑄2 = 25.5 + (4 × 15) M1
= 29.3 to 3sf A1
0.5
c. 𝑄1 = 20.5 + ( 7 × 5) = 20.9 B1
4.5
d. 𝑄3 = 40.5 + ( × 20) = 48 B1
12
𝐼𝑄𝑅 = 48 − 20.9 = 27.1 A1ft
39923.75 987.5 2
e. 𝜎 = √ −( ) M1
30 30
= 15.8 A1
987.5+10×20
f. 𝑥̅ = 30+10
M1
= 29.7 A1
g. (a) (b) (c) all increase by 5. B1
(d) (e) unchanged. B1

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