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a) X (x-mean)2 b) X (x-mean)2 c) X
25 33.38272 98 169 230
23 14.2716 95 100 210
22 7.716049 90 25 205
22 7.716049 89 16 200
20 0.604938 85 0 199
17 4.938272 85 0 189
16 10.38272 79 36 176
15 17.82716 77 64 169
13 38.71605 76 81 155
173 135.5556 76 81 127
850 572 124
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(x-mean)2 a) b)
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1184.5069444
865.34027778
596.17361111
548.34027778
180.00694444
0.1736111111
43.340277778
423.67361111
2360.3402778
2660.8402778
2765.0069444
14588.916667
c)
Find the mean, median and mode of the following data for the IQ scores of 25 job applicants to a company.
Class Frequency
Class Mark fx Class Boundary < Cum Freq
(f)
Class Interval (X)
99 - 101 1 100 100 98.5 - 101.5 25
96 - 98 2 97 194 95.5 - 98.5 24
93 - 95 3 94 282 92.5 - 95.5 22
90 - 92 7 91 637 89.5 - 92.5 19 Median Class/Modal Class
87 - 89 5 88 440 86.5 - 89.5 12
84 - 86 4 85 340 83.5 - 86.5 7
81 - 83 3 82 246 80.5 - 83.5 3
25 2239
Median = 89.71
∆2 = 4
Mode = 90.5
Formula for finding Measures of Central Tendencies using Grouped Data
Mean:
Mean = (∑𝑓𝑥)/𝑛
Where: f = class frequency
x = class mark
n = total frequency
Median:
Median=𝐿𝑚+i [(𝑛/2 −𝑓_(𝑚−1) " "
)/𝑓𝑚]
Where: Lm = lower class boundary of the
median class
i = class interval size
n = total frequency
𝑓_(𝑚−1) " "= < comulative frequency before
the median class
fm = class frequency of the median class
ass/Modal Class
Mode:
Mode=𝐿𝑚𝑜+i (∆_1/(∆_1+∆_2 ))
Where: Lmo = lower class boundary of the modal class
𝑛/2 i = class interval size
𝑚] ∆_1 = fm - f0 (difference of highest frequency and the frequency before
modal class
∆_2 = fm - f1 (difference of highest frequency and the frequency
following the modal class
Note: Modal class is the class interval with the hihges frequency.
using Grouped Data
ass
es frequency.
Find the range, variance and standard deviation of the following data for the
IQ scores of 25 job applicants to a company.
Mean = ∑fx / n
mean = 89.56
Variance(σ2) = ∑f(x-mean)^2
n
Variance(σ2) = 22.41
s = √𝑉𝑎𝑟
Variance:
𝑠^2=(∑𝑓 〖 (𝑥−𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛) 〗 ^2)/𝑛
Standard Deviation:
s = √𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
Range = 20
𝑠^2=(∑𝑓 〖 (𝑥−𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛)
〗 ^2)/𝑛
S2 = 22.4064
S= 4.73
Find following position measures for the data of the IQ's of Formulas for computing Quartile
the 25 job applicants:
1) First Quartile (Q1) and Third Quartile (Q3) Quartiles
2) Decile 2 (𝐷_2)
3) Percentile 88 (𝑃_88) 𝑄_1=𝐿_𝑄1+i [(𝑛/4 −𝑓_
4) Highest IQ score of the lower 45% of the applicants )/𝑓𝑄1]
5) Lowest IQ score of the upper 60% of the applicants Where: LQ1 = lower class boun
Q1 class
i = class interval size
Class Interval Class Frequency n = total frequency
99 - 101 1 𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " "= comula
the Q1 class
96 - 98 2 fQ1 = class frequency o
93 - 95 3
90 - 92 7
87 - 89 5
84 - 86 4 𝑄_3=𝐿_𝑄3+i [(3𝑛/4 −𝑓
81 - 83 3 )/𝑓𝑄3]
n = 25 Where: LQ3 = lower class bound
Q3 class
i = class interval size
n = total frequency
Class Interval f Class Boundary <CF 𝑓_(𝑄3−1) " "= comula
99 - 101 1 98.5 - 101.5 25 the Q3 class
fQ3 = class frequency o
96 - 98 2 95.5 - 98.5 24
93 - 95 3 92.5 - 95.5 22 P88 Class 60%
90 - 92 7 89.5 - 92.5 19 Q3 Class
87 - 89 5 86.5 - 89.5 12 P45 / P40 Class 88.3
0
84 - 86 4 83.5 - 86.5 7 Q1 / D2 Class 40%
81 - 83 3 80.5 - 83.5 3
n= 25
1) to find Q1 2)
I= 3
n/4 = 6.25
𝑄_1=𝐿_𝑄1+i [(𝑛/4 𝐷_2=𝐿_𝐷2+i [(2
−𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " " )/𝑓𝑄1] −𝑓_(𝐷2−1) " " )
Q1 = 85.94
to find Q3 3)
I= 3
3n/4 = 18.75
𝑄_3=𝐿_𝑄3+i [(3𝑛/4 𝑃_88=𝐿_𝑃88+i
−𝑓_(𝑄3−1) " " )/𝑓𝑄3] −𝑓_(𝑃88−1) " "
Q3 = 92.39
Formulas for computing Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles
Deciles
𝑄_1=𝐿_𝑄1+i [(𝑛/4 −𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " " 𝐷_𝑘=𝐿_𝐷𝑘+i [(𝑘𝑛/10 −𝑓_(𝐷𝑘−1) " 𝑃_𝑘=𝐿_𝑃𝑘+
)/𝑓𝑄1] " )/𝑓𝐷𝑘] " " )/𝑓𝑃𝑘]
Where: LQ1 = lower class boundary of the Where: LDk = lower class boundary of the Where: LPk = l
Q1 class Dk class P
i = class interval size i = class interval size i = clas
n = total frequency n = total frequency n = tot
𝑓_(𝑄1−1) " "= comulative frequency before 𝑓_(𝐷𝑘−1) " "= comulative frequency 𝑓_(𝑃𝑘
the Q1 class before before
fQ1 = class frequency of the Q1 class the Dk class
fDk = class frequency of the Dk class fPk = c
k = desired desile measure (1-9) k=d
D10 99
95
D9 90 P90
90
D8 86
85.5 Q3
85
D7 85
80
D6 79
77
76.5 Md
D5 76
76
D4 75 75%
72
D3 71
71 Q1
71
D2 70 P20
70 25%
D1 68
65
20