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Discussion

AVERAGES
The arithmetic mean, the median, the mode and the weighted mean are some
common measures of central tendency.
MATHEMATICS 7 Mean
The mean, also called the arithmetic mean, is the most commonly-used
average. It can be calculated by dividing the sum of all data by the total number of
Statistics data.
mean=
∑ of all values
number of values
Week 3 and 4
The mean calculated for the sample data is denoted by x (read as “x bar”), and
the mean calculated for population data is denoted by μ (Greek letter mu).
Learning Targets
MELC Week 3 and 4 MATH FOCUS
In this module, you will learn about statistics. Mean for Ungrouped Data
The mean for ungrouped data is obtained by dividing the sum all values by
The Grade 7 students can: the number of values in the data set. Thus,
 illustrate the measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) of a
statistical data. (M7SP-IVf-1)
Mean for population data: μ=
∑x
 calculate the measures of central tendency of ungrouped and grouped data. N
(M7SP-IVf-g-1)
 illustrate the measures of variability (range, average deviation, variance,
Mean for sample data: x=
∑x
standard deviation) of a statistical data. (M7SP-IVh-1) n
 calculate the measures of variability of grouped and ungrouped data. where ∑ x is the sum of all values, N is the population size, n is the sample size , μ is
(M7SP-IVh-i-1)
the population mean, and x is the sample mean.
 use appropriate statistical measures in analyzing and interpreting statistical
data. (M7SP-IVj-1)
Example 1: The heights of five students are 158 cm, 158 cm, 160 cm, 162 cm, and
163 cm.
a. Find the mean height of these students.
b. Another student of height 177 cm is added to the group. Find the
new mean height.
Solution
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158+ 158+160+162+163 801
Subject Teacher ¿ cm ¿ cm ¿ 160.2 cm
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b. From (a), the heights of the original five students add up to 801 142, 148, 149, 149, 150
cm.
The mean height of the six students There are five observations in the data set. Consequently, n=5 and
801+ 177 978 n+1 5+ 1
¿ cm= cm=163 cm the position of the middle term ¿ = =3
6 6 2 2
Hence, the median is the value of the third term in the ranked data.
Median Therefore, the median is 149.
The median is another commonly used average. When a set of data is arranged b. Arranging the data (in kg) in order of magnitude, we have:
in ascending or descending order, the datum in the middle is the median of the data 67, 62, 61, 57, 54, 48
set.
There are 6 values in the data set. Hence, n=6 and the position of
Form the definition of the median, it divides a ranked data set into two equal n+1
the middle term ¿ =3.5
parts. The calculation of the median consists of the following two steps: 2
1. Rank the data set in increasing (or decreasing) order.
2. Find the middle term. The value of this term is the median. Hence, the median is given by the median of the 3rd and the 4th
values in the ranked data.
The position of the middle term in data set with n values obtained as follows:
n+1 61+ 57
position of the middleterm= Therefore, the median ¿ =59 kg
2 2
Thus, we can redefine the median as follows:
Mode
MATH FOCUS Mode is a French word that means fashion – an item that is most popular or
Median for Ungrouped Data common. In statistics, the mode represents the most common value in a data set.
Median=Value of the
2( )
n+1
th term in a ranked data set.
MATH FOCUS
Mode
If the given data represents a population, replace n by N. The mode is the value that occurs with the highest frequency in a data set.
If the number of observations in a data set is odd, then the median is given by
the value of the middle term in the ranked data. If the number of observations is even, Example 3 In the following data set: 20, 21, 21, 24, 25, 27, number 21 occurs
then the median is given by the average of the values of the two middle terms. twice and each of the remaining values occurs only once. Because 21
occurs with the highest frequency, it is the mode. Therefore, the mode
Example 2 Find the median of the following sets of data. is 21.
a. 142, 149, 148, 149, 150
b. 48 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 57 kg, 62 kg, 54 kg Example 4 In the group of data: 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 1 and 5
Solution appear once, 2 and 4 appear 4 times each, 3 appears 6 times, .
a. Arranging the data in order of magnitude, we have: Therefore, the mode is 3.

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Example 5 Six strains of bacteria were tested to see how long they could remain
alive outside their normal environment. The time in minutes is
recorded: 3,4, 6, 8, 9, 11. Find the mode.

Solution Since each value occurs only once, there is no mode.

Example 6 The prices of the same brand of television set in eight stores are found
to be:
₱ 14,950 ₱ 14,860 ₱ 15,030 ₱14,950
₱ 14,700 ₱ 15,050 ₱ 14,700 ₱ 14,990
Find the mode.

Solution In this data set, each of the two values ₱ 14,950 and ₱ 14,700 occurs
twice and each of the remaining values occurs only once. Therefore,
this data set has two modes.
₱ 14,950 and ₱ 14,700

INTRODUCTION TO MEASURES OF VARIATION

The Range
The simplest measure of dispersion is called range. It is the difference
between the highest (maximum) and the lowest (minimum) values in a data set. In the
form of equation:

MATH FOCUS
Range=Largest value−Smallest value

Example 7 Find the range for the following data.

9.77 11.35 12.46 13.80 15.47 17.48 18.37
18.47 16.61 20.72 21.49 22.47 31.50 38.16

Solution Range=Largest value−Smallest value

¿ 39.16−9.77=28.39

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a. 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7
b. 21, 21, 22, 22, 22, 23, 23, 23, 29, 32
5. The table below shows the result of a survey about the favorite food of 10
children. What is the mode of the favorite food?
Food Apple Pie Ice cream French fries Burger Chicken wing
Cebu Sacred Heart College, Inc. Frequency 9 29 29 16 17
Carcar Campus 6. The following data record the time (in minutes) spent by 12 people in
Valladolid, Carcar City, Cebu traveling to their workplaces from home on a certain day.
Name: _____________________________________ Date: _______________ 26 45 26 43 42 39
Grade Level & Section: _______________________ Score: ______________
29 34 52 36 45 45
Find the mean, the mode, and the median.
Work It Up!
II. For problem 7 to 15, find the range of each data set.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS:
7. 11, 10, 8, 4, 6, 7, 11, 6, 11, 7
 Write your answers in a one whole sheet of yellow pad ONLY. (using
8. 13, 23, 15, 13, 18, 13, 15, 14, 20, 20, 18, 17, 13
other papers will not be accepted)
9. 15, 8, 12, 5, 19, 14, 8, 6, 13
 Solve and show your solution.
10. 24, 26, 27, 23, 9, 14, 8 8 26 15, 15, 27, 11
 You are allowed to use calculator if needed.
11. Ten units of used trails bikes are randomly selected, and the odometer
 Don’t forget to staple or attach your answer sheet or the separated
reading of each is recorded as follows:
paper to the questionnaire.
1902, 103, 653, 1901, 788, 361, 216, 363, 223, 656
 Do what is indicated in each test item.
12. Fifteen students were selected and asked about the number of hours each
studied for the final exam in statistics. Their answers are shown below.
I. For number 1 to 6, do what is asked.
8, 6, 3, 0, 0, 5, 9, 2, 1, 3, 7, 10, 0, 3, 6
1. There are 10 salesmen employed by Midtown Ford. The number of new
13. The number of calls received by a certain call center each business day in
cars sold last month by the respective salesmen were: 15, 23, 4, 19, 18, 10,
July is shown below.
10, 8, 28, 19. Compute the mean number of cars sold.
18, 12, 25, 16, 27, 32, 25, 15, 23, 22, 37, 16, 25, 19, 16, 25, 19, 16, 29,
2. The accounting department at a mail-order company counted the following
38, 29, 30, 21
numbers of incoming calls per day to the company’s toll-free number
14. The number of calories in 12 randomly selected microwave dinners is
during a seven-day period: 14, 24, 19, 31, 36, 26, 17. Compute the mean
shown below.
number of calls per day.
560, 832, 780, 650, 470, 920, 1090, 970, 495, 550, 605, 735
3. The heights of 10 girls are 126 cm, 110 cm, 105 cm, 135 cm, 140 cm, 113
15. The heights of a group of 30 children were measured to the nearest
cm, 107 cm, 116 cm, 139 cm, 107 cm. Find the median height of the girls.
centimeter and the readings were recorded as shown below:
4. Find the modes of the following sets of numbers.

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122, 144, 136, 140, 139, 126, 120, 125, 129, 127, 116, 132, 138, 124, 135,
122, 137, 135, 129, 133, 130, 130, 128, 118, 131, 127, 128, 147, 133, 119

Noted by: ___________________________ Received/Checked by: Mr. Allien Jay V. Amameo

Name of Parent/s and Signature Subject Teacher

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