MEASURE OF CENTRAL

TENDENCY (GROUPED
DATA)
 MEAN - GROUPED DATA

The arithmetic mean is found by adding the numbers and dividing the sum by the number of
numbers in the list. This is what is most often meant by an average.

FORMULA:

Where:
fx = the product of frequency and class mark
n = total frequencies
Example:
The following table gives the frequency distribution of the number of orders received each day during the past 50 days at
the office of a mail-order company. Calculate the mean.

X is the midpoint of the class. It

is adding the class limits and
divide by 2.
Number f x fx
of Order
10-12 4 = 11 (4) (11) = 44 = 16.64
13-15 12 14 168
16-18 20 17 340
19-21 14 20 280 The mean orders received each day was
approximately 16.64
n = 50 ∑fx = 832

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Median and Interquartile Range – Grouped Data
• The median is the middle value in a list ordered from smallest to
largest.
Step 1: Construct the cumulative frequency distribution.
Step 2: Decide the class that contain the median.
Step 3: Find the median by using the following formula:
Solution:
1st Step: Construct the cumulative frequency distribution

Time to travel Frequency Cumulative 𝑛 50

to work Frequency = =25 class median is the 3rd class
2 2
1 – 10 8 8
11 – 20 14 22 So,
F = 22, = 12, = 20.5 and i = 10
21 – 30 12 34
31 – 40 9 43
41 – 50 7 50 n or total frequency

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 = 20.5, F = 22, = 12, and i = 10

Therefore,

+ 10

¿ 𝟐𝟑
Thus, 25 persons take less than 23 minutes to travel to work and another 25 persons
take more than 23 minutes to travel to work.

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Solution:
1st Step: Construct the cumulative frequency distribution 2nd Step: Determine the Q1 and Q3

Class =
Time to Frequency Cumulative
travel to Frequency Class Q1 is the 2nd class
work
Therefore,
1-10 8 8
= 10.5, F = 8, = 14, and i = 10
11-20 14 22

21-30 12 34

31-40 9 43

41-50 7 50
¿ 10.5+
[ 12.5 −8
14
10
]
= 13.7143

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 = 30.5, F = 34, = 9, and i = 10

Class Q3 is the 4th class

Time to Frequency Cumulative

travel to Frequency
work
1-10 8 8 [
¿ 30.5 +
37.5 −34
9 ]10

11-20 14 22
= 34.3889
21-30 12 34

31-40 9 43

41-50 7 50

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 = 13.7143

= 34.3889

Calculate the IQR

IQR =

¿ 34.3889 −13.7143
¿𝟐𝟎.𝟔𝟕𝟒𝟔

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Mode – Grouped Data

• Mode is the value that has the highest frequency in a data set.
• For grouped data, class mode (or, modal class) is the class with the highest frequency.
• To find mode for grouped data, use the following formula:

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 Solution:
𝐿 𝑚𝑜=10.5

Mode

i = 10

Mode = 10.5 +

= 17.5

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For Example:
Consider the given grouped data in the table.
The mode is given as m = l +
Height Frequency

80-85 1 l = 90
h=5
85-90 3 p=3
n=7
90-95 8 Modal Class f=8 Mode
= 90 +
95-100 7

100-105 1 =90 +

Total 20
= 94.17

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Marks Frequency Lower Upper
Boundary Boundary
10-19 5 9.5 19.5
20-29 4 19.5 29.5
30-39 10
29.5 39.5
40-49 9
39.5 49.5
50-59 7
49.5 59.5
60-69 3 59.5 69.5
Frequency
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Modal Class = 30 - 39
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Estimated Mode 38.0714
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5
4
3
2
1

9.5 19.5 29.5 39.5 49.5 59.5 69.5 Marks

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Compute the Mean, Median and Mode
Age Frequency

11-20 3

21-30 4

31-40 7

41-50 8

51-60 5

61-70 2

71-80 1

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Compute the Mode

Height Class Frequency

Mark

80-85 82.5 1

85-90 87.5 5

90-95 92.5 8

95-100 97.5 5

100-105 102.5 1

Total 20

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