Mathematics 9709 · AS & A Level · Sampling and estimation

Sampling and estimation — practice question

Twelve tourists were invited to guess the height, in metres, of a newly built building. Their guesses were as follows: $50, 45, 62, 30, 40, 55, 110, 38, 52, 60, 55, 40$.
(i)[3]

Determine the median and the interquartile range of the data.

(ii)[1]

State one disadvantage of using the mean as the measure of central tendency in this situation.

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This 4-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Median equals $51$, with $UQ=57.5$ and $LQ=40$.

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