Method of Substittution
Method of Substittution
Find out mean deviation of the monthly income of the five families given below, using
arithmetic mean of the data:
852, 635, 792, 836, 750
ANSWER:
Monthly
Sr. Dx=X-X¯
Income
No.
(X)
1 852 852-773=79
2 635 138
3 792 19
4 836 63
5 750 23
N= Σ|dX¯¯¯|
ΣX = 3865
5 =322ΣdX¯=322
Question 2:
Weight of nine students of a class is given below. Calculate mean deviation, using median
and arithmetic mean of the series. Also calculate coefficient of mean deviation:
Weight (kg) : 47, 50, 58, 45, 53, 59, 47, 60, 49
Deviation from
Median
Sr. Weight
No (X)
|dm|=|X−M|
dm=X-M
(M = 50)
1 45 5
2 47 3
3 47 3
4 49 1
5 50 0
6 53 3
7 58 8
8 59 9
9 60 10
N=
9
Σ|dm|=42Σdm=42
Sr. Weight Deviation from Mean
No (X)
∣∣dX∣∣=∣∣X−X¯¯¯∣∣(X=52)dX=
X-X¯X=52
1 45 7
2 47 5
3 47 5
4 49 3
5 50 2
6 53 1
7 58 6
8 59 7
9 60 8
N= ∑X∑X=46
9
Σ|dx¯|=44
8
Question 3
Find out mean deviation and its coefficient of the following data:
2 2
Items 5 10 15 30 35 40
0 5
Frequenc 2 1
8 16 18 9 6 7
y 2 4
Deviation
from Mean
Items (X Frequency (
) f)
fX ∣∣X−X∣∣X- f∣∣dX∣∣fdX
X= ∣∣dX∣∣d
X
5 8 40 15.2 121.6
10 16 160 10.2 163.2
15 18 270 5.2 93.6
20 22 440 0.2 4.4
25 14 350 4.8 67.2
30 9 270 9.8 88.2
35 6 210 14.8 88.8
40 7 280 19.8 138.6
Σfx
= Σf∣∣dX∣∣=765
Σf = 100
202 .6
0
Question 2:
Calculate mean deviation from the following data, using mean and median, respectively.
Size 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Frequency 2 4 5 3 2 1 4
Deviation from
Cumulative median
Size (X) Frequency (f) f|dM|
frequency (c.f.) |dM| = |X − M|
M=8
4 2 2 4 8
6 4 2+4=6 2 8
8 5 6 + 5 = 11 0 0
10 3 11 + 3 = 14 2 6
12 2 14 + 2 = 16 4 8
14 1 16 + 1 = 17 6 6
16 4 17 = 4 = 21 8 32
Σf=N= 21 Σf|dM| = 68
Question :
The following table gives distribution of marks for 50 students of a class. Calculate mean
deviation from the mean and median respectively from the data:
Marks 140−15 150−16 160−17 170−18 180−19 190−20
Obtained 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frequenc
4 6 10 18 9 3
y
QUESTION
Estimate the coefficient of mean deviation from the median from the following data:
Age Group 20−30 30−40 40−50 50−60 60−70
Number of Workers 8 12 20 16 4