Interpreting Mean and

Variance
Learner’s Module in Statistics and
Probability
Quarter 3 ● Module 3 ● Week 3

ERLINDA V. AGABAO
Developer

Department of Education • Cordillera Administrative Region

NAME: _ GRADE AND SECTION _

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Now, let’s recall some important terms and formulas.

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 What Is It

We have reviewed topics that will help us understand the lessons in this module. To understand
how to interpret the mean and variance, let us study this section. Enjoy and have fun.

Example 1: A grocery store has determined that in crates of tomatoes 95% carry no rotten tomatoes, 2%
carry one rotten tomato, 2% carry two rotten tomatoes, and 1% carry three rotten tomatoes,
Find the mean number of rotten tomatoes in the crates.

SOLUTION:
Step 1: Convert all the percentages to decimal probabilities
95% = 0.95 2% = 0.02 1% = 0.01

Step 2: Construct probability distribution table (You may use landscape or portrait table).

Step 3: Add another column or row for the results of multiplying X and P (x).

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 Step 4: Add the results from Step 3.

You are done finding the mean

of the probability distribution.

Example 2: The storeowner

wants to know the mean delivery of
the week from the data shown below.
The manager claimed or stated that
boxes of deliveries were expected
deliveries in a day, do you think this claim is true?

SOLUTION:
The claim of the manager is n
.

Example 3: The following data give the probabilities of residents going out without face mask and
face shield in a certain barangay for one week. Compute the mean of the probability
distribution.

SOLUTION: Let X be the number of residence not wearing mask and face shield

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Example 4: The number of items sold per day in an online store, with its corresponding
probabilities is shown in the table. Find the variance and standard deviation of the
probability distribution.

SOLUTION:
Step 1: Find the mean of the probability distribution.

Step 2: Subtract the mean from the number of items sold.

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Step 3: Square the results obtained in Step 2.

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 Step 4: Multiply the results obtained in step 3 by the corresponding probability

Step 5: Get the sum of the results obtained in Step 4. This will be used in computing
for the variance and standard deviation.

INTERPRETATION: This means that there were 1 to 2 items sold per day in an online store.
Furthermore, 1.25 is deviated from the expected value.

Example 5: The number of computers sold per day at a local computer store together with the
corresponding probabilities is shown in the table. Find the mean, variance, and
standard deviation of the given distribution:

SOLUTION:

INTERPRETATION: The average of computers sold each day at a local computer store is 2
to 3. In addition, most of the computers will fall within 1.25 away from the
mean value of 2.50 computer sold per day.

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