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c) 123, 124, 200, 189, 155, 210, 176, 169, 230, 127, 205, 199
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛=
Mean = 85
(∑𝑥)/𝑛
Range = 12
Range = 22
𝑠^2=(∑ 〖 (𝑥−𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛) 〗
^2)/𝑛
Mean = 175.58
Find the mean, median and mode of the following data for the IQ scores of 25 job applicants to a
company.
Median = 89.71
Formula for finding Measures of Central Tendencies using Grouped Data
Mean:
Mean = (∑𝑓𝑥)/𝑛
Where: f = class frequency
x = class mark
n = total frequency
Median:
Median=𝐿𝑚+i [(𝑛/2 −𝑓_(𝑚−1) "
" )/𝑓𝑚]
Where: Lm = lower class boundary of the
median class
i = class interval size
n = total frequency
𝑓_(𝑚−1) " "= comulative frequency before
the median class
fm = class frequency of the median class
lass/Modal Class
Mode:
Mode=𝐿𝑚𝑜+i (∆_1/(∆_1+∆_2 ))
Where: Lmo = lower class boundary of the modal class
i = class interval size
∆_1 = fm - f0 (difference of highest frequency and the frequency before
modal class
∆_2 = fm - f0 (difference of highest frequency and the frequency
following the modal class
Find the range, variance and standard deviation of the following data for the
IQ scores of 25 job applicants to a company.
Mean = ∑fx / n
mean = 89.56
Variance(σ2) = ∑f(x-mean)^2
n
Variance(σ2) = 22.41
s = √𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛
Variance:
𝑠^2=(∑𝑓 〖 (𝑥−𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛) 〗 ^2)/𝑛
Standard Deviation:
s = √𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
Find following position measures for the data of the IQ's of Formulas for computing Quartile
the 25 job applicants:
1) First Quartile (Q1) and Third Quartile (Q3) Quartiles
2) Decile 2 (𝐷_2)
3) Percentile 88 (𝑃_88) 𝑄_1=𝐿_𝑄1+i [(𝑛/4 −𝑓_
4) Highest IQ score of the lower 45% of the applicants " )/𝑓𝑄1]
5) Lowest IQ score of the upper 60% of the applicants Where: LQ1 = lower class bound
Q1 class
i = class interval size
Class Interval Class Frequency n = total frequency
99 - 101 1 𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " "= comula
96 - 98 2 the median clas
fQ1 = class frequency o
93 - 95 3
90 - 92 7
87 - 89 5
84 - 86 4 𝑄_3=𝐿_𝑄3+i [(3𝑛/4 −𝑓
81 - 83 3 " )/𝑓𝑄3]
n = 25 Where: LQ3 = lower class bound
Q3 class
i = class interval size
n = total frequency
Class Interval f Class Boundary <CF 𝑓_(𝑄3−1) " "= comula
99 - 101 1 98.5 - 101.5 25 the median clas
96 - 98 2 95.5 - 98.5 24 fQ3 = class frequency o
93 - 95 3 92.5 - 95.5 22 P88 Class 60%
90 - 92 7 89.5 - 92.5 19 Q3 Class
87 - 89 5 86.5 - 89.5 12 P45 Class / D4 class
84 - 86 4 83.5 - 86.5 7 Q1 Class/D2 Cla 40%
81 - 83 3 80.5 - 83.5 3
n= 25
To find Q1 To find Q3
𝑄_1=𝐿_𝑄1+i [(𝑛/4 𝑄_3=𝐿_𝑄3+i [(3𝑛/4 𝐷_2=𝐿_𝐷2+i [(2𝑛/1
−𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " " )/𝑓𝑄1] −𝑓_(𝑄3−1) " " )/𝑓𝑄3] " )/𝑓𝐷2]
Q1 = 85.938 Q3 = 92.39
To find P88 Highest IQ score of the lower 45% of the applicants (P45)
𝑃_88=𝐿_𝑃88+i [(88𝑛/100 𝑃_45=𝐿_𝑃45+i [(45𝑛/100
−𝑓_(𝑃88−1) " " )/𝑓𝑃88] −𝑓_(𝑃45−1) " " )/𝑓𝑃45]
4n/10 = 10
D4 = 88.3
Formulas for computing Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles
Deciles
𝑄_1=𝐿_𝑄1+i [(𝑛/4 −𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " 𝐷_𝑘=𝐿_𝐷𝑘+i [(𝑘𝑛/10 −𝑓_(𝐷𝑘−1) "
" )/𝑓𝑄1] " )/𝑓𝐷𝑘]
Where: LQ1 = lower class boundary of the Where: LDk = lower class boundary of the
Q1 class Dk class
i = class interval size i = class interval size
n = total frequency n = total frequency
𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " "= comulative frequency before 𝑓_(𝐷𝑘−1) " "= comulative frequency
the median class before
fQ1 = class frequency of the Q1 class the Dk class
fDk = class frequency of the Dk class
k = desired desile measure (1-9)
To find D2
𝐷_2=𝐿_𝐷2+i [(2𝑛/10 −𝑓_(𝐷2−1) "
" )/𝑓𝐷2]
2n/10 = 5
D2 = 85
he applicants (P45)
he applicants (D4/P40)
Percentiles
𝑃_𝑘=𝐿_𝑃𝑘+i [(𝑘𝑛/100 −𝑓_(𝑃𝑘−1)
" " )/𝑓𝑃𝑘]
Where: LPk = lower class boundary of the
Pk class
i = class interval size
n = total frequency
𝑓_(𝑃𝑘−1) " "= comulative frequency
before
the Pk class
fPk = class frequency of the Pk class
k = desired percentile measure (1-99)
Given the data distribution below, find the following measures.
1) first (𝑄1) and third (Q3) quartile
2) 𝐷_(1 ) and 𝐷_8
3) 𝑃_(20 ) and 𝑃_90
D10 99
95
D9 90 P90
90
D8 86 Q3 = 85.5
85
D7 85
80
D6 79
77 median = 76.5
D5 76
76
D4 75
72
D3 71 Q1 = 71
71
D2 70 P20
70
D1 68
65
20