MEASURE OF CENTRAL TENDENCY – GROUPED DATA

MEAN of Grouped Data

1) The calculation of Mean from a frequency distribution is almost the same as that from an
ungrouped data, only in a distribution the individual values are known. When the number of the
items is too large it is best to compute for the measures of central tendency using frequency
distribution. There are two (2) methods;
(1) Deviation method
(2) Long method (the formula)

Where:

f = frequency
NOTE:
dl = unit deviation
The assumed mean in the
x́ = assumed mean
given example is 77 (the midpoint) of
c = class interval the class with the highest frequency.

x− x́ 1
dl =
c

MEDIAN of Grouped Data

2) To compute for the median of Grouped Data, determine the values which divides the
distribution into 2 equal parts. Therefore, the cumulative frequency “less than” of the given
distribution has to be calculated.

Where:
L = exact lower limit of the class where the median lies
n = number of cases in the given frequency distribution
F2 = the cumulative frequency less than the lower of the median class
f2 = frequency of the median class
c = class interval

MODE of Grouped Data

3) In the frequency distribution, the modal class is easy to determine because it is the class with
the highest frequency. But this will not determine the exact point in the modal class and the
rough approximate is taking the midpoint of the modal class as the mode. In calculating the
mode of a frequency distribution, the following formula is given.
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Where:
L = exact lower limit of the modal class
d1 = numerical difference between the frequency of the modal class and class and the frequency
of the adjacent lower class
d2 = numerical difference between the frequency of the modal class and the frequency of the
adjacent higher class
c = class interval

QUARTILES Grouped of Data

Where:

L = exact lower limit of the quartile class

nth
F1 = cumulative frequency less than lower of the cumulative which contains item
4

2nth
F2 = cumulative frequency less than lower of the cumulative which contains item
4

3 nth
F3 = cumulative frequency less than lower of the cumulative which contains item
4

nth
f1 = frequency of the class
4

2nth
f2 = frequency of the class
4

3 nth
f3 = frequency of the class
4
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COMPUTATION:
Grades %
Classes f x dL fdl <cf

90 – 94 10 92 3 30 87

85 – 89 10 87 2 20 77

80 – 84 15 f3 82 1 15 67 65.25
d1
75 – 79 22 f2 77 0 0 52 f3
d2 43.5
70 – 74 16 f1 72 -1 -18 30 f2 21.75

65 – 69 12 67 -2 -24 12 f1

87 ∑ f d l=23
l x− x́ 1 92−77
d= = =3∧so on
c 5

(1) Mean

f dl
1
x́=x́ +
∑
[ n ] .c =77+ ( 2387 )5=78.32∨x́= ∑n fx =78.3 2
(2) Median

n
X =L+
^ 2
n [ ]
−F 2
. c=74.5+
43.5−30
22
5=77.57
[ ]
(3) Mode
d1 22−18
X = L+ ⌈
^ ⌉ c=74.5+ ⌈ ⌉ 5=76.32
d 1+ d 2
22−18+22−15

(4) Quartiles  Q1, Q2, Q3

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n
Q1 =
[ ]
L+
4
−F 1
f1
. c=69.5+
[21.75−12
18 ]
5=72.21

n = 87
n 87
= =21.75
4 4
2n
Q2 =
[ ]
L+
4
−F 2
f2
. c=74 .5+
43.5−30
[ 22 ]5=77.57

2n 174
= =43. 5
4 4

3n
Q3 =
[ ]
L+
4
−F 3
f3
. c=7 9.5+
65.25−52
[ 15 ]
5=83.92

3 n 261
= =65.25
4 4