NAME: IKEGWUONU EBELECHUKWU

MATRIC NO: AUL/NSC/22/006

DEPARTMENT: NURSING SCIENCE
COURSE CODE: BIOSTATISTICS

1. Calculate the mean, median and mode using formula?

Ages in years 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 34 35 – 39 40 – 44 44 – 49
Number of workers 9 11 16 12 8 4

Solution

Class interval Frequency Class mark (x) Frequency × Cumulative Class

class mark (fx) frequency (CF) boundaries
20 - 24 9 22 198 9 19.5 – 24.5

25 - 29 11 27 297 20 24.5 – 29.5

30 - 34 16 median 32 512 modal 36 29.5 – 34.5

class class
35 - 39 12 37 444 48 34.5 – 39.5

40 - 44 8 42 336 56 39.5 – 44.5

45 - 49 4 47 188 60 44.5 – 49.5

Total ∑ f = 60 ∑ fx = 1975

∑ fx 1975
Mean = = 60 = 32.92
∑f

Median = L1 + ⟨ ∑
2
f
− cf m ⟩ ×c
fm

L1 = 29.5, f m = 16, cf m= 20, c = 5

Therefore, the Median = 29.5 + ⟨ ⟩ ×5
60
− 20
2
16
(30 – 20)
= 29.5 + 16
×5

10
= 29.5 + 16
×5

= 29.5 + 3.125

= 32.625

Mode = L1 + ⟨ ∆1
⟩
∆ 1+ ∆ 2
×C

L1 = 29.5, ∆ 1= 16 – 11 = 5, ∆ 2 = 16 – 12 = 4, c =3

29.5 + ⟨ 16 − 11
5+ 4 ⟩
×5

29.5 + ⟨⟩ 5
9
×5

= 29.5 + 2.8

= 32.3
Class Frequ Class (f x) x− x ¿ x − x /¿ f / x − x /¿ 2
¿ x − x /¿ ¿ F / x − x /¿ ¿CF
2
LCB
interval ency mark
(f) (x)
12 - 14 3 13 39 -17.14 17.14 51.42 293.78 881.34 3 11.5
15 - 17 3 16 48 -14.14 14.14 42.42 199.94 599.82 6 14.5
18 - 20 4 19 76 -11.14 11.14 44.56 124.10 496.4 10 17.5
21 - 23 8 22 176 -8.14 8.14 65.12 66.26 530.08 18 20.5
24 - 26 10 25 250 -5.14 5.14 51.4 26.42 264.2 28 23.5
27 - 29 8 28 224 -2.14 2.14 17.12 4.58 36.64 36 26.5
30 - 32 14 31 434 0.86 0.86 12.04 0.74 10.36 50 29.5
33 - 35 9 34 306 3.86 3.86 34.74 14.90 134.1 59 32.5
36 - 38 7 37 259 6.86 6.86 48.02 47.06 329.42 66 35.5
39 - 41 6 40 240 9.86 9.86 59.16 97.22 583.32 72 38.5
42 - 44 4 43 172 12.86 12.86 51.44 165.38 661.52 76 41.5
45 - 47 3 46 138 15.86 15.86 47.58 251.54 754.62 79 44.5
48 - 50 1 49 49 18.86 18.86 18.86 355.70 355.70 80 47.5
Total = Efx= Ef(x-
Ef=80 2411 x )=543.8 5644.5
8 2

∑ f =80, ∑ fx = 2411 ∑ f / x − x /¿ ¿= 543.88, ∑ f ¿ x − x /¿ 2 ¿ = 5644.52

YELLOW COLOUR= P10
RED COLOUR=1st quartile class and Third decile
BROWN COLOUR=3rd quartile and P80
BLUE COLOUR=P90
 ∑ fx 2411
Mean = ∑ f = 80 = 30.14

∑ f /x − x /¿ ¿ 54 3.88
Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) = ∑f = 80 = 6.7985 =
6.8
standard deviation
The coefficient of variation (CV) = mean
× 100

∑
√
2
f ¿ x − x /¿
Where standard deviation (SD) = √ variance = ¿
∑f

=
√ 56 37.52
80
= √ 70. 469 = 8.39

8.39 × 100 840

CV = 30.1 4 = 30.1 4 = 27.84

( )
∑ f − cf
The first quartile class (Q ¿ = L 1
1
4 q1
×c
f q1

The first quartile class = ∑4 =

f 80
4 = 20
Where L1= the lower class boundary of Q1= 23.5
The class width (c) = 3
Tℎe cummulative frequency before tℎe first quartile class cf q 1 = 18
Tℎe frequency of tℎe first quartile class=10

= 23.5 + ( 2010−18 ) ×3
= 23.5 + ( 2×103 )
= 23.5 + 0.6

= 24.1
The third quartile class (Q3) =

( )
3∑ f
− cf q 3
4
L1 + ×c
fq3

The third quartile class = ∑

3 f 3× 80
4
= 4 = 60

Where L1 is the lower class boundary of the third quartile class

which is equal to 35.5

Where cf q 3 = 59, fq 3 = 7, c = 3

Q3 = 35.5 + ( 60 −59
7 )
×3

= 35.5 + ( 1×7 3 )
= 35.5 + 0.429

= 35.93

( )
80 ∑ f
−cf P 80
The 80 percentile
tℎ
( P80) = L1 +
100
×
f P 80
Where L1 = 35.5, cf P 80 = 59, f P 80 = 7, c = 3

80 ×80
P80 = 100 = 64

35.5 + ( 64 −59
7 )
×3

35.5 + ( 5 ×3
7 )

= 35.5 + 2.143

= 37.643

( )
3∑ f
− cf D 3
The third decile ( D ) = 3
L1 +
10
×c
FD 7

3× 80
The third decile class = 10 = 24

L 1= 23.5, cf D 3=¿ 18, FD7 = 10, c = 3

= 23.5 + ( 2410−18 )× 3
= 23.5 + ( 610×3 )
= 23.5 + 1.8 = 25.3
 Q3 − Q1
The semi –interquartile range = 2

Where Q3 ¿ 35.93 , Q1=24.1

35.93 − 24.1 11.827

= 2 = 2

= 5.915

The 10 – 90 percentile range = P 90 − P10

( )
90 ∑ f
−cf P 90
Where P90 = L1 +
100
×c
F P 90

90 ×80
Where tℎe 90 tℎ percentile (P ¿¿ 90)¿ = 100 = 72

L 1= 38.5, cf P 90 = 66, F P 90= 6, c = 3

= 38.5 + ( 72−6 66 ) ×3
= 38.5 + ( 6 ×3
6 )

= 38.5 + 3

= 41.5

( )
10 ∑ f
− cf P 10
P10 = L1 +
100
×c
F P 10
 10× 80
The 10tℎ percentile interval = 100 =8

Where L1 = 17.5, cf P 10 = 6, F P 10 =4

17.5 + ( 8 −6
4 )
×3

17.5 + ( 2×4 3 )
= 17.3 + 1.5

= 19

Therefore the 10 – 90 percentile range

= P90 − P10 = 41.5 – 19

= 22.5
Q3 − Q1
The quartile coefficient of variation (QCV) = Q3 +Q1

Where Q3 = 35.93, Q1 = 24.1

35.93 − 24.1 11.83

= 35.9 3+24.1 = 60.0 3 = 0.197