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Given the frequency distribution of the age at death in diabetics with Intercapillary Glomerulose.

What is the Class Size/Class Width? What is the Mean? What is the Range?

Age Group Class Frequency (f)


0-10 2 5 10 38.24 1462.2976 2924.5952
11-21 3 16 48 27.24 742.0176 2226.0528
22-23 11 27 297 16.24 263.7376 2901.1136
33-43 25 38 950 5.24 27.4576 686.44
44-54 32 49 1568 5.76 33.1776 1061.6832
55-65 7 60 420 16.76 280.8976 1966.2832
66-76 6 71 426 27.76 770.6176 4623.7056
11 86 3719 16389.874

Solution:
1. Calculate Class Size/Class Width
𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑖𝑧𝑒 = 22 − 11
𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑖𝑧𝑒 = 11

2. Calculate mean.
Ʃ𝑓𝑥 3719
𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 = 𝑁 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 = 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 = 43.24
86

3. Calculate Range
Highest Boundary = 75.5
Lower Boundary = -0.5
𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 = ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 − 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦
𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 = 75.5 − (−0.5)
𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 = 76

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