Class Frequency: 2 2 4 3 1 3 7 3 21 8 1 8 Total 7 36
Class Frequency: 2 2 4 3 1 3 7 3 21 8 1 8 Total 7 36
Class Frequency: 2 2 4 3 1 3 7 3 21 8 1 8 Total 7 36
∑4𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑋𝑖 36
𝑋̄ = = = 5.15
∑4𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 7
2.Calculate the mean, median and mode for the following age distribution.
Class 6 – 10 11 – 15 16 – 20 21 – 25 26 – 30 31 – 35
Frequency 35 23 15 12 9 6
Solutions:
➢ Mean
Class fi Xi Xifi
6- 10 35 8 280
11- 15 23 13 299
16- 20 15 18 270
21- 25 12 23 276
26- 30 9 28 252
31- 35 6 33 198
Total 100 1575
∑6𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑋𝑖 1575
𝑋̄ = = = 15.75
∑6𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 100
➢ Median
Solutions:
• First find the less than cumulative frequency.
• Identify the median class.
• Find median using formula.
𝐿𝑚𝑒𝑑 = 5.5 𝑤 = 5
𝑛 = 100, 𝑐 = 0, 𝑓𝑚𝑒𝑑 = 35
𝑤 𝑛
⇒ 𝑋̃ = 𝐿𝑚𝑒𝑑 + 𝑓 ( 2 − 𝑐)
𝑚𝑒𝑑
5
⥂= 5.5 + (50 − 0)
35
= 12.64
➢ Mode
No. of students 7 10 22 F4 F5 6 3
We're told that "20% of the students have marks b/n 55 and 59" which I'm assuming the b/n
means "between".
Marks 40 – 44 45 – 49 50 – 54 55 – 59 60 – 64 65 – 69 70 – 74
No. of students 7 10 22 15 12 6 3
Frequency 6 12 17 10 8 5 2
Find the mean, median and mode of the above frequency distribution
Mean
∑40
𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑋𝑖 3,246
𝑋̄ = 40 = = 54.1
∑𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 60
Solutions: median
• First find the less than cumulative frequency.
• Identify the median class.
• Find median using formula.
𝑛 60
= = 30
2 2
35𝑖𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑜
⇒ 50 − 54𝑖𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠.
𝐿𝑚𝑒𝑑 = 49.5, 𝑤 = 5
𝑛 = 60, 𝑐 = 18, 𝑓𝑚𝑒𝑑 = 12
𝑤 𝑛
⇒ 𝑋̃ = 𝐿𝑚𝑒𝑑 + 𝑓 ( 2 − 𝑐)
𝑚𝑒𝑑
5
⥂= 49.5 + (30 − 18)
12
= 54.5
Mode
45 − 59𝑖𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑐 𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦.
𝐿𝑚𝑜 = 45
𝑤=4
𝛥1 = 𝑓𝑚𝑜 − 𝑓1 = 4
𝛥2 = 𝑓𝑚𝑜 − 𝑓2 = 5
𝑓𝑚𝑜 = 12
𝑓1 = 4
𝑓2 = 17
4
⇒ 𝑋̂ = 45 + 4 ( )
4 + 17
= 46.33