MEASURES OF CENTRAL

TENDENCY
MEAN

❑𝑋ത
❑The sum of the given values or items in a
distribution divided by the number of values or
items summed
EXAMPLE 1.
MEAN OF 86, 80, 75, 78 AND 86 IS_________
86+80+75+78+86
𝑋ത =
5
405
=
5
=81
EXAMPLE 2.
THE MEAN OF 80, 80, 75, 76, 74, 74, 74
IS_________
80+80+75+76+74+74+74
𝑋ത =
7
533
=
7
=76.14
MEDIAN

❑ Md
❑ Refers to the value of the
middle observation in an
ordered distribution
EXAMPLE 1.
MEDIAN OF 86, 80, 75, 78 AND 86 IS_________

Arrange first:
75, 78, 80, 86, 86
75, 78, 80, 86, 86
Md=80
EXAMPLE 2.
THE MEDIAN OF 80, 80, 75, 76, 74, 74, 74
IS_________
Arrange first
74, 74, 74, 75, 76, 80, 80
74, 74, 74, 75, 76, 80, 80
Md=75
EXAMPLE 3.
THE MEAN OF 80, 80, 79, 75, 76, 74, 74, 74
IS_________
Arrange first
74, 74, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 80
74, 74, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 80
𝟕𝟓+𝟕𝟔
Md= =75.5
𝟐
MODE

❑Mo
❑ It is the item or value in a
distribution with the highest
frequency
LET’S DETERMINE THE MODE GIVEN THE
DISTRIBUTIONS BELOW:
Set A: 19, 20, 20, 20, 18, 15, 13, 9
Set B: 8, 8, 9, 6, 10,10, 2
Set C: 9, 2, 8, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6
Set D: 1,1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4
LET’S DETERMINE THE MODE GIVEN THE
DISTRIBUTIONS BELOW:
Set A: 19, 20, 20, 20, 18, 15, 13, 9
Mo=20 (unimodal)
Set B: 8, 8, 9, 6, 10,10, 2
Mo= 8 and 10 (bimodal)
Set C: 9, 2, 8, 3, 4, 5, 7, 6 None
Set D: 1,1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4
Mo=1, 2, 3, 4 (polymodal)
TYPES OF MODE

1. Unimodal – one mode

2. Bimodal- two modes
3. Trimodal- three modes
4. Polymodal- more than 3 modes
WEIGHTED MEAN
❑𝑋𝑤
❑Some values sometimes are given more importance than
others.
σ 𝑊𝑋
❑𝑋𝑤 = 𝑛
W=weight of each item or value
X=represent each of the items or values
n= total number of weights
MANNY PACQUIAO RECEIVED HIS SUMMARY OF
GRADES AND HE WANTED TO COMPUTE HIS WEIGHTED
MEAN GRADE. THE DATA IS AS FOLLOWS:
Subject Unit Grade
Politics 5 2.0
Religion 3 1.0
Speech 3 1.5
Communication
Physical 2 1.0
Education
Arts 2 1.25
 MANNY PACQUIAO RECEIVED HIS SUMMARY OF
GRADES AND HE WANTED TO COMPUTE HIS WEIGHTED
MEAN GRADE. THE DATA IS AS FOLLOWS:
Subject (Units) (Grade) WX
W X
Politics 5 2.0 10 σ 𝑊𝑋 22
Religion 3 1.0 3
𝑋𝑤 = 𝑛 =15 = 𝟏. 𝟒𝟕
Speech 3 1.5 4.5
Communication Therefore,
Physical
Manny
2 1.0 2
Education Pacquiao’s
Arts 2 1.25 2.5 Weighted mean
Total: 15 σ 𝑊𝑋=22
grade is 1.47.
LET US DETERMINE THE WEIGHTED ARITHMETIC MEAN
OF THE FOLLOWING SALES OF A BAG STORE:
No. of Bags Price per Bag
500 ₱250
350 ₱200
200 ₱150
150 ₱100
50 ₱80
 LET US DETERMINE THE WEIGHTED ARITHMETIC MEAN
OF THE FOLLOWING SALES OF A BAG STORE:
No. of Bags Price per Bag WX σ 𝑊𝑋
W X 𝑋𝑤 = 𝑛
244,000
500 ₱250 125,000 = 1250
350 ₱200 70,000 = 𝟏𝟗𝟓. 𝟐
200 ₱150 30,000 Therefore, the bag
150 ₱100 15,000 store’s
Weighted mean sales is
50 ₱80 4,000 ₱𝟏𝟗𝟓. 𝟐𝟎
Total: 1,250 Total: 244,000
 ACTIVITY (1/2 CROSSWISE) COMPUTE FOR WHAT
IS ASKED. ENCLOSE YOUR FINAL ANSWER.
1. Determine the mean, median and mode given the ungrouped data below. Classify the mode.
85, 90, 60, 84, 65, 60, 86, 83, 76 and 75.
2. A first year student in DMMMSU-NLUC got the following final grades in five subjects with number of unit
indicated:
Subject Grade No. of Units
a) Compute the weighted mean grade
. Statistics with 2.5 4 of the student.
Methods of
. Research b) What would be his average if all
. subjects were of equal no. of units?
Math 2.0 3
English 1.75 3
Science 1.25 5
Filipino 1.50 3