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The Median, the Mean and the Mode

Examples:

Find the mode of:


9, 3, 3, 44, 17 , 17, 44, 15, 15, 15, 27, 40, 8,
Put the numbers is order for ease:
3, 3, 8, 9, 15, 15, 15, 17, 17, 27, 40, 44, 44,
The Mode is 15 (15 occurs the most at 3 times)

*It is important to note that there can be more than one mode and if no number occurs
more a once in the set, then there is no mode for that set of numbers.

Ocasionally in Statistics you'll be asked for the 'range' in a set of numbers. The range is
simply the the smallest number subtracted from the largest number in your set. Thus, if
your set is 9, 3, 44, 15, 6 - The range would be 44-3=41. Your range is 41.

A natural progression once the 3 terms in statistics are understood is the concept of
probability. Probability is the chance of an event happening and is usually expressed as a
fraction. But that's another topic!

Statistical Mode
The statistical mode is the number that occurs most frequently in a set of
numbers.

To find the mode of a group of numbers:

 Arrange the numbers in order by size.


 Determine the number of instances of each numerical value.
 The numerical value that has the most instances is the mode.
 There may be more than one mode when two or more numbers
have an equal number of instances and this is also the
maximum instances
 A mode does not exist if no number has more than one
instance.

Example: The mode of 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 12 is 5.

Statistical Mean
The statistical mean is commonly called the average:

To find the mean of a group of numbers:

 Add the numbers together


 Divide by how many numbers were added together
Statistical Median
The statistical median is middle number of a group of numbers that have been
arranged in order by size. If there is an even number of terms, the median is the
mean of the two middle numbers:

To find the median of a group of numbers:

 Arrange the numbers in order by size


 If there is an odd number of terms, the median is the center
term.
 If there is an even number of terms, add the two middle terms
and divide by 2.

Statistics 
Mean, Median and Mode for Ungropued Data and for Grouped Data

Ungrouped Data (Raw Data): The information collected systematically regarding a


population or a sample survey is called an ungrouped data. It is also called raw data.

Grouped Data (Classified Data): When a frequency distribution is obtained by dividing


an ungrouped data in a number of strata according to the value of variate under study,
such an information is called gruoped data or classified data.

Measures of central tendency:


There are several measures of central tendency. Out of these, the following 3 are used
more often
1. Mean, 2. Median and 3. Mode

Ungroped Data
Mean of ungrouped data:
Let x1, x2, x3, ..., xn be n observations then mean is obtained by dividing the sum of n
observations by n. It is denoted by
X' = Xi/n
For Eg: Find the mean of 4,6,8,6,7,8
Sol:
Mean X' = Xi/n
= (4 + 6 + 8 + 6 + 7 + 8)/6
= 39/6
= 6.5
Median of ungrouped data:
If the observations of an ungrouped data are arranged in increasing or decreasing order
of their magnitude, a value which divides these ordered observations into two equal
parts is called the median of the data. It is denoted by M.

If the number of observations (n) is an odd integer, then


M = Value of (n+1)/2 th observation in the arrangement of observations in increaseing
order.

If the number of observations (n) is an even integer, then


M = (Value of n/2 th observation + Value of (n/2 + 1) th observation)/2

For Eg:
Find the median of the following observations
4,6,8,6,7,8,8

Sol: Observations in the ascending order are :


4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8
Here, n = 7 is odd.
Median :
M = Value of (n+1)/2 th observation
= Value of (7+1)/2 th observation
= Value of 4 th observation
=6
of

Mode of ungrouped data:


An observation occurring most frequently in the data is called mode of the data. It is
denoted by Z.

For Eg:
Find the median of the following observations
4,6,8,6,7,8,8
Sol:
In the given data, the observation 8 occurs maximum
number times (3)
 Mode(Z) = 8

Grouped Data

1. The information regarding the no of children per family is given in the following table. Find
the Mean, Median, Mode of the data
No of
01 2 345
children
2
No of families 3 15 8 3 1
0
HINT: For input
For this type of example select X & Freq Option, Input the values like

X Freq
0 3
1 20
2 15

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