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WEIGHTED MEAN

MATHEMATICS IN MODERN WORLD.


WEIGHTED MEAN

• Multiplying the weight of a particular event or outcome with its


associated quantitative outcome and then summing all the products.
• What is the Weighted Mean?
• The weighted mean is a type of mean that is calculated by multiplying the
weight (or probability) associated with a particular event or outcome with
its associated quantitative outcome and then summing all the products
together. It is very useful when calculating a theoretically expected
outcome where each outcome has a different probability of occurring,
which is the key feature that distinguishes the weighted mean from the
arithmetic mean.i
• It is important to note that all the probabilities or weights must be
mutually exclusive (i.e., no two events can occur at the same time)
and that the total weights and probabilities must add up to 100%.
• When calculating an arithmetic mean, we make the assumption
that all numbers used in the calculation show an equal probability
of occurring or have equal weights. Thus, we do not need to
account for the differences and can simply sum up the numbers
that we are interested in finding the mean of and then dividing
the sum by the number of observations.
USES OF WEIGHTED MEANS

• Weighted means are useful in a wide variety of scenarios. For


example, a student may use a weighted mean in order to
calculate his/her percentage grade in a course. In such an
example, the student would multiply the weighing of all
assessment items in the course (e.g., assignments, exams,
projects, etc.) by the respective grade that was obtained in
each of the categories. Consider a student with the following
grades:
FORMULA

• Σw - sum of all weights.


• X - symbol for weighted
mean.
• W - weight assigned to each
observation.
• Σ(w×x) -sum of the weight of
each element times the
element.
• ˉx. -symbol for weighted mean.
• Wi - weight applied to x
values.
• Xi -data values.
EXAMPLES:

1. Calculate the weighted mean of the sample of numbers shown below.


16,20,12,16,16,10,16,20,24,20
2. In a class of 20, eight students average a score of 86, and seven
students had an average of 74, and five students had an average test
score Of 98. What is the average test score for the entire class?
3. In a certain college 20% of students have an average weight of 140
lbs , 35% of students have an average weight of 160 lbs , 30% of
students have an average weight of 175 lbs , and 15% of students
have an average weight of 195 lbs. Base on this data, what is the
average weight of all students in this school?

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