ENGINEERING

DATA
ANALYSIS

BEM 114
WMSU BSME – 1A & 1B
Mechanical Engineering Department

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MEASURE OF CENTRAL
TENDENCY AND
DISPERSION

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Measure of Central Tendency or Average

Average occurs regularly in our daily life and it is an

important tool in statistics. A well-chosen average consist of
a single number about which a given data are centered.
There can be several different types of averages or
sometimes called measures of central tendency.
They are the:

❑ Mean
❑ Median
❑ Mode

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MEAN

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Example

Solution

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Group MEAN

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Example

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MEDIAN

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Example

Solution

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Example

Solution

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Example

Find the median of the data.

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MODE

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Group MODE

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Example

Find the mode of the data.

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Solution

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MIDRANGE

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Example

Solution

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 WEIGHTED MEAN
This is used to find the mean of values of the
data set that are not equally represented. The
weighted average can be found by multiplying
the value by its corresponding weight and
dividing the sum the products by the sum of
their weights.

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Example

Solution

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SHAPES OF DISTRIBUTION

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Standard Scores or Z scores

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Sample Problem

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Sample Problem

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Quartiles, Percentiles and Deciles

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Sample Problem

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Percentiles are position measures used in
educational and health – related fields to indicate the
position of an individual in a group. It is symbolized
by and divide the distribution into 100
groups.

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Sample Problem

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Deciles

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Sample Problem

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Group Data

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References
• MSA Academic Advancement Institute
• Myers, Myers and Walpole, Probability and
Statistics or Engineers and Scientist 9th edition
• Ross, S. M., Probability and Statistics or
Engineers and Scientist 5th edition
• Gupta B. C., Guttman I., Statistics and Probability
with Application for Engineers and Scientists
• Devore, J. L., Probability and Statistics for
Engineers and the Sciences 8th edition
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