Q5: The following frequency distribution gives the number of houses and the number of

persons per house

No. of Persons No. of houses
1 5
2 17
3 25
4 33
5 14
6 6
Calculate first four moments about X=4. Convert these moments into moments about mean.
Solution:

X f D  X 4 fD fD 2 fD3 fD 4
1 5 -3 -15 45 -135 405
2 17 -2 -34 68 -136 272
3 25 -1 -25 25 -25 25
4 33 0 0 0 0 0
5 14 1 14 14 14 14
6 6 2 12 24 48 96
Total 100 - -48 176 -234 812
m1' 
 fD
f
48
m1' 
100
m1  0.48
'

m2' 
 fD 2

f
176
m2' 
100
m2  1.76
'

m '

 fD 3

f
3

234
m3' 
100
m3  2.34
'

m '

 fD 4

f
4

812
m4' 
100
m4  8.12
'

m1  m1'  m1'
m1  0.48  (0.48)
m1  0.48  0.48
m1  0

m2  m1'   m1' 
2

m2  1.76   0.48 
2

m2  1.76  0.2304
m2  1.5296
m3  m3'  3m1' m2'  2  m1' 
3

m3  2.34  3(0.48)(1.76)  2  0.48 

3

m3  2.34  2.5344  0.2212

m3  2.5344  2.5612
m3  0.0268

m4  m4'  4m1' m3'  6  m1'   m2'   3  m1' 

2 4

m4  8.12  4(0.48)(2.34)  6  0.48  1.76   3  0.48 

2 4

m4  8.1200  4.4928  2.4330  0.1593

m4  10.5530  4.6521
m4  5.9009