ACTIVITY 4: Measures of Central Tendency and Other Measures of Position.

1. The test results of 12 students in a certain college are shown below.

Find the mean: 93, 65, 87, 81, 99, 76, 73, 87, 76, 93, 70, 89.
=
= 93+ 65+ 87+ 81+ 99+ 76+ 73+ 87+76+ 93+ 70+89
12
= = 82.4166667
= 82. 42

2. Joe got the following grades for the third grading period.

a. Find the mean of the five subjects.

b. What grade must he get in Computer to have an average grade of 82?

Chemistry 83, Filipino 82, English 78, Mathematics 76, Social Sciences 80, Computer?

a.

= 78.9

b.

6(82) = 399 +

= 492 – 399

= 93

3. Using your frequency distribution table on the lives of car batteries, find the following:

1. Mean, 2. Median, 3. Mode, 4. First quartile, 5. Third quartile,6. Decile 8, 7. Percentile 152
1. MEAN

2. MEDIAN

= 7.28

3. MODE

)5

= 6.61

4. FIRST QUARTILE

= 3.95

5. THIRD QUARTILE

= 7.45

6. DECILE 8

= 8.45

7. PERCENTILE 15

= 6.2