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Aarambh 11th Commerce Batch

Measures of Central Tendency DPP-01

1. The mean is 4. The AM of first 5 whole number is:

(1) The midpoint in a set of scores
(2) The highest value (1) 1 (2) 2
(3) The value that occurs most frequently (3) 3 (4) 5
(4) The sum of all the values in a group, divided by
the number of values in that group
5. In the formula x = a + h (fiui/fi), for finding the mean
2. The marks obtained by 40 students of Class XII of a of grouped frequency distribution, ui =
certain school in a Science paper consisting of 200
marks are presented in table below. Find the mean of (1) (xi + a)/h (2) h(xi – a)
the marks obtained by the students using step (3) (xi – a)/h (4) (a – xi)/h
deviation method.
Marks 100-120 120-140 140-160 160-180
Students 4 5 11 20 6. As a general rule, the _______ is the best measure of
central tendency because it is more precise.
(1) 153.5 (2) 154.5
(1) Median (2) Mode
(3) 150.2 (4) 156.5
(3) Range (4) Mean

3. Find the mean number of leaves per tree using step

deviation method 7 Which of the following is NOT a common measure
of central tendency?
Number
0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16
of leaves (1) Mode (2) Mean
Number
10 20 30 40 (3) Median (4) Range
of trees
(1) 10.4 (2) 11
(3) 12 (4) 13
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Answer Key
1. (4)
2. (1)
3. (1)
4. (2)
5. (3)
6. (4)
7. (4)
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Hints & Solutions

1. (4) 4. (2)
The sum of the values of all observations devided by The first 5 whole numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
the number of observations. Mean = X/N We know that,
Sum of given numbers
Arithmetic mean =
2. (1) Total numbers
Using Shortcut Method Class interval width (i) = 120
0 1 2  3  4
– 100 = 20 Arithmetic mean =
5
Students X–A
Marks X d= Fd 10
(F) i =
5
100-120 100 4 –2 –8
=2
120-140 130 5 –1 –5
Hence, option (b) is correct.
140-160 150 = A 11 0 0
160-180 170 20 1 20
5. (3)
F = 40 Fd 7
According to the question,
Mean (By step deviation formula) X = a + h (fiui/fi),
 Fd  7  Above formula is a step deviation formula.
=A+  i  150    20   150  3.5
F  40  In the above formula,
= 153.5 Xi is data values,
A is assumed mean,
3. (1) h is class size,
No. of No. of X–A When class size is same we simplify the
X u= Fu calculations of the mean by computing the coded
leaves trees F i
mean of u1, u2, u3…..,
0-4 2 10 –1 –10
Where ui = (xi – a)/h
4-8 6=A 20 0 –0
Hence, option (C) is correct.
8-12 10 30 1 30
12-16 14 40 2 80
6. (4)
fu =
f = 100 Explanation: The mean is usually the best measure
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of central tendency to use when your data
 fu 110 distribution is continuous and symmetrical, such as
Mean = A + 6 4  6 4
f 100 when your data is normally distributed.
= 10.4
10.4 leaves 7. (4)
The range is the difference between the lowest and
highest values of the data.

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