The document contains various statistical problems and calculations related to averages, means, and weighted means across different datasets. It includes examples of calculating average daily income, mean marks, and heights using different methods such as Direct Method and Step Deviation Method. Additionally, it addresses corrections in averages due to misread data and missing frequencies.
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The document contains various statistical problems and calculations related to averages, means, and weighted means across different datasets. It includes examples of calculating average daily income, mean marks, and heights using different methods such as Direct Method and Step Deviation Method. Additionally, it addresses corrections in averages due to misread data and missing frequencies.
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1. Find average for following individual data.
2 3 5 6 8 10 u 13 17 20
(Average = 9.55
2. Daily income of 10 families is given as follows:
Skonmaaiay 20s! [ae paeeip ae [e 7] * ee 8" | a0
120 80 85 95 130 200 250 225 275
Calculate average daily income. {Average daily income = ® 156)
3. The folowing table gives the marks obtained by 10 students of a class:
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
faa 60 | 37 | 48 | 65 | 48 | 57 | 78 | 31 | 59
Find out mean marks, using Direct Method as well as Short-Cut Method. {Mean = 52.6 marks}
4. The following figures are the heights in cms of 7 children chosen at random:
64, 59, 67, 69, 65, 70, 68
Calculate the simple arithmetic mean of the heights by (i) Direct Method, (ii) Short-cut Method, and
(iil) Step Deviation Method. {Mean height = 66 cms}
5. Find average for following discrete series.
7 8
8 10
{Average = 6.66}
64 66 68
13 8 5
{Mean height = 62.16 cms}
7. Compute mean marks from the data given below by: (i) Direct Method, (ii) Short-cut Method, and
(ili) Step Deviation Method.
5 15 25 35 45 55 65
4 6 10 20 10 6 4
{Mean = 35 marks}
20 2 22 23 24 25
1 2 4 5 15 23
Calculate arithmetic mean using direct method
{Mean age at marriage = 24 years}Contin
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Series
9. Compute the mean marks obtained by the students from the following data:
10-20
20-30
30-40 40-50
6
10
20 10
{Mean = 30.2 marks}
o-4 48 e12 12-16 | 16-20 | 20-24
7 9 16 8 6 4
{Mean = 10.72 marks}
11. Calculate the arithmetic average from the following data:
(aera fro 24 | 46 ] 68 | 840 | 10-12 | 12-14 | 14-16 | 16-18
‘No. « Of Workers i al 1 14 20 32 25 7 5 s
{Average Wages = 8.67}
12, Calculate mean from following data:
[Marks oS 515 7525 | 2505 | 3545 | 45-55 | 55-65
[No of Students 8 12 6 14 7 3
{Mean = 31.8 marks)
13, Find mean for the following data by using: (i) Direct Method; (i) Short-cut Method: (ii) Step Deviation
Method.
E 200-300 ‘300-400 400-500 500-600
18 12 20 40
{Mean =412}
414. The following table shows the marks obtained by 90 students in a certain examination. Calculate the
average marks per student by step deviation method.
20-30
30-40
40-50 | 50-60
60-70 | 70-80 | 80-90
10
8 6 1
{Mean = 42.89 marks}
in’ and ‘More than’)
Less than 10
Less than 20
Less than 30
Less than 40
Less than 50
Less than 60
Less than 70
Less than 80
ae
100
{Mean = 34.40 marks}—
16. Calculate arithmetic mean from the following data:
More than 0
More than 10
More than 20
More than 30
More than 40
More than 50
More than 60
More than 70
17. Find the mean from the following data:
(Mean = 39.27 marks}
Marks
‘Above 0
Above 10
Above 20
‘Above 30
‘Above 40
Above 50
‘Above 60
Above 70
‘Above 80
‘Above 90
‘Above 100
20-29 30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
4
2
(Average age = 37.83 years}
20-30
30-40
More than 40
5 8
12
6
4
20. Calculate the mean from the following data:
{Average age = 23.86 years}
,
10 20 30 40 50
8 12 15 9
6
{Mean = 28.6}21.
22,
23.
24,
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
Unequal Clase:intervais
Calculate mean from the following data:
O10 10-20 20-30 30-60 60-90
5 9 20 12 4
{Mean = 30}
‘Co [Mean
‘The mean height of 25 male workers in a factory is 61 inches and the mean height of 35 female workers
in the same factory is 58 inches. Find the combined mean height of 60 workers in the factory.
{Combined mean height = 59.25 inches}
‘The mean age of a combined group of men and women is 30.5 years. If the mean age of the group
of men is 35 and that of the group of women is 25, find out the percentage of men and women in the
group.
{There are 55% men and 45% women in the group}
The mean weight of 150 students in a class is 60 kg. The mean weight of boys in the class is 70 kg
‘and that of girls is 55 kg. Find the number of boys and girls in the class.
{Boys = 50; Gits = 100}
re jean
The average weight of a group of 20 boys was calculated to be 89.4. It was later discovered that one
weight was misread as 78 kg instead of the correct one of 87 kg. Calculate the correct average weight.
{Correct average weight = 89.85 kg}
The mean of 100 observations was found to be 40. Later on, it was discovered that two items were
wrongly taken as 30 and 27 instead of 3 and 72. Find correct mean.
{Correct mean = 40.18}
The average height of a group of 40 students was calculated as 155 cm. It was later discovered that
the height of one student was read as 157 instead of 137 cm. Calculate the correct average height.
{Correct average height = 154.5 cm)
Weigl lean
From the following data, calculate the weighted mean.
flarks: ie 62 7 65 | 62 57
[Weights 2 1 2 I 3 4
{Weighted mean = 62.08 marks}
Find out weighted mean by weighting each price by the quantity consume
Apple 12 30
Mango 10 50
Tomato 10 40
‘Orange 15 35
Grapes 12 45
{Weighted mean = 39.41}30. An examination was held to decide the most eligible student for scholarship. The weights of various
subjects along with the marks obtained by the three candidates (out of 100) are given beloy
[Weights Sa] marks of Re yam,
3 65 64 70
Statistics 4 63 60 65
Economics 1 70 80 52
English 2 58 56 63
{Weighted Mean Marks: Ram = 63.3 marks; Shyam = 62.4 marks; Manish = 64.8 marks,
‘Manish should get the scholarship as his weighted mean is the maximum)
31. Arithmetic mean of the following series is 41:
30
40
60 70
12
20
6 4
Find the missing item.
{Missing item = 50 marks}
32. Calculate the number of students against the class 30-40 of the following data, where X = 28,
[Wars 225 0-10 10-20 20-30 30~40 40-50 50-60
[Frequency 12 18 27 2 17 6
{Missing value = 20 students}
33. Find the missing frequency from the following data, if arithmetic mean is 25.4.
40-50 50-60
a 2
34. Find the average marks from the following table:
{Missing frequency = 3}
ESS Mars Be SINolof Student =
Below 10 25
Below 20 40
Below 30 60
Below 40 75
Below 50 95
Below 60 125
Below 70 190
Below 80 240
35. Calculate the mean from the following frequency distribution:
{Average Marks = 49.58 marks}
20-29 | 30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69 | 70-79 | 80-89
42 40
56
20
6 2 2
{Mean = 35.8}36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
a.
The Average age of 20 students in a class is 16 years. One student whose age is 18 years has left the
class. Find out average age of rest of the students.
{Correct average age = 15.89 years}
Locate the missing frequency, if arithmetic mean of the following series is 44.8.
20 30 40 50 60 70
5 2 15 10 8 5
{Missing frequency = 7}
The average marks of 30 students in a class were 52. The top six students had an average of 31. What
were the average marks of the other students?
fAverage Marks = 57.25)
Calculate the mean of the given data:
Besoin 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
equencyise 5 7 10 13 17 9 6 3
{Mean = 8.74}
A candidate obtained the following percentage following of marks in an examination: English 60;
Business Studies 75; Maths 63; Accounts 59; Economics 55. Find the candidate's weighted arithmetic
mean, if weights 1, 2, 1, 3, 3 respectively are allotted to the subjects
{Weighted Arithmetic mean = 61.5}
The mean height of 50 student of a college is 68 inches. The height of 30 students is given below. Find
‘the mean height of the remaining 20 students.
64 66 68 70 =
4 12 4 8 2
{Mean Height of 20 students = 68.8 inches}