Measures of Central Tendency Dispersion Examples Sec B (2)
Measures of Central Tendency Dispersion Examples Sec B (2)
a) X (x-mean)2 b) X (x-mean)2 c) X
25 33.38272 98 169 230
23 14.2716 95 100 210
22 7.716049 90 25 205
22 7.716049 89 16 200
20 0.604938 85 0 199
17 4.938272 85 0 189
16 10.38272 79 36 176
15 17.82716 77 64 169
13 38.71605 76 81 155
173 135.5556 76 81 127
850 572 124
123
2107
(x-mean)2 a) b)
2961.1736111
1184.5069444
865.34027778
596.17361111
548.34027778
180.00694444
0.1736111111
43.340277778
423.67361111
2360.3402778
2660.8402778
2765.0069444
14588.916667
c)
Find the mean, median and mode of the following data for the IQ scores of 25 job applicants to a company.
Class Frequency
Class Mark fx Class Boundary < Cum Freq
(f)
Class Interval (X)
99 - 101 1 100 100 98.5 - 101.5 25
96 - 98 2 97 194 95.5 - 98.5 24
93 - 95 3 94 282 92.5 - 95.5 22
90 - 92 7 91 637 89.5 - 92.5 19 Median Class/Modal Class
87 - 89 5 88 440 86.5 - 89.5 12
84 - 86 4 85 340 83.5 - 86.5 7
81 - 83 3 82 246 80.5 - 83.5 3
25 2239
Median = 89.71
(∆_1/(∆_1+∆_2 ))
Mode=𝐿𝑚𝑜+i
∆1 = 2
∆2 = 4
Mode = 90.5
Formula for finding Measures of Central Tendencies using Grouped Data
Mean:
Mean = (∑𝑓𝑥)/𝑛
Where: f = class frequency
x = class mark
n = total frequency
)/𝑓𝑚]
Where: Lm = lower class boundary of the
median class
i = class interval size
before
the median class
fm = class frequency of the median class
ass/Modal Class
Mode=𝐿𝑚𝑜+i (∆_1/(∆_1+∆_2 ))
Mode:
[(𝑛/2
/𝑓𝑚]
Where: Lmo = lower class boundary of the modal class
before
Note: Modal class is the class interval with the hihges frequency.
2 ))
using Grouped Data
ass
es frequency.
Find the range, variance and standard deviation of the following data for the
IQ scores of 25 job applicants to a company.
Mean = ∑fx / n
mean = 89.56
Variance(σ2) = ∑f(x-mean)^2
n
Variance(σ2) = 22.41
s = √𝑉𝑎
Variance:
𝑠^2=(∑𝑓 〖 (𝑥−𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛) 〗 ^2)/𝑛
s = √𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
Standard Deviation:
Range = 20
S2 = 22.4064
S= 4.73
Find following position measures for the data of the IQ's of Formulas for computing Quartile
the 25 job applicants:
𝑄_1=𝐿_𝑄1+i [(𝑛/4
1) First Quartile (Q1) and Third Quartile (Q3) Quartiles
2) Decile 2 (𝐷_2)
)/𝑓𝑄1]
3) Percentile 88 (𝑃_88)
4) Highest IQ score of the lower 45% of the applicants
5) Lowest IQ score of the upper 60% of the applicants Where: LQ1 = lower class boun
Q1 class
i = class interval size
𝑄_3=𝐿_𝑄3+i [(3𝑛/4
87 - 89 5
" )/𝑓𝑄3]
84 - 86 4
81 - 83 3
n = 25 Where: LQ3 = lower class bound
Q3 class
i = class interval size
1) to find Q1 2)
I= 3
to find Q3 3)
I= 3
before
the Q3 class
fQ3 = class frequency of the Q3 class
before
the Pk class
fPk = class frequency of the Pk class
k = desired percentile measure (1-99)
Given the data distribution below, find the following measures.
D10 99
95
D9 90 P90
90
D8 86
85.5 Q3
85
D7 85
80
D6 79
77
76.5 Md
D5 76
76
D4 75 75%
72
D3 71
71 Q1
71
D2 70 P20
70 25%
D1 68
65
20