BUSINESS STATISTICS – 1

Measures of Central Tendency

Problems on Median

1. Find the value of Median for the following data :

X : 14 18 30 19 25 22 32 28 35 26

2. Calculate Median, Lower Quartile and Upper Quartiles for the following data :
61, 62, 63, 61, 63, 64, 64, 60, 65, 63, 64, 65, 66,
64.

3. Calculate Median, Quartiles, 8th Decile and Sixty first Percentile for the following data of
marks obtained by 10 students in an examination.
22, 26, 14, 30, 18, 11, 35, 41, 12, 32.

4. Calculate Median, first Quartile, third Quartile, fourth Decile and 65th Percentile for the
following data :
Marks : 64, 45, 78, 86, 93, 50, 75, 35, 20, 62, 57.

5. From the following data, find the value of median.

Income (Rs) : 200 250 130 270 300 230

No. Of Persons : 34 36 26 30 16 40

6. Calculate Median from the following data :

X 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
F 5 6 10 20 15 6 4

7. For the following data, compute Median.

Class Interval : 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
Frequency : 15 100 170 120 40

8. Calculate Median from the following data :

Marks No. Of Students

0 – 10 10
10 – 20 20
20 – 30 35
30 – 40 40
40 – 50 25
50 – 60 25
60 – 70 15
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9. Calculate Median marks from the following data :

Marks No., of Students
10 – 20 48
20 – 30 62
30 – 40 33
40 – 50 41
50 – 60 56
60 – 70 78
70 – 80 81
80 – 90 37
90 – 100 12

10. Find out Median and Quartiles for the following data :
Marks No., of Students
0 – 10 11
10 – 20 18
20 – 30 25
30 – 40 28
40 – 50 30
50 – 60 33
60 – 70 22
70 – 80 15
80 – 90 12
90 – 100 10

11. Calculate Median, Q1, Q3 and P5 from the following data :

Income Employees
Below – 1,000 10
1,000 – 2,000 15
2,000 – 4,000 25
4,000 – 6,000 30
6,000 – 8,000 14
8,000 and above 6

12. Followint is the distribution of marks obtained by 50 students in Mercantile Law.

Marks more than : 0 10 20 30 40 50
No., of Students : 50 46 40 20 10 3
Calculate the Median marks.

13. Calculate Median of the following data :

Value : Less Less Less Less Less Less Less Less
Than than than than than than than than
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Frequency : 4 16 40 76 96 112 120 125
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14. Compute Mean and Median from the following data :

Sales (Rs) No., of Companies
0 – 10 6
10 – 20 10
20 – 30 20
30 – 40 25
40 – 50 16
50 – 60 12
60 – 70 5

15. Compute Arithmetic Mean and Median from the following data :
Marks No., of Students
Below 10 15
“ 20 35
“ 30 60
“ 40 84
“ 50 96
“ 60 127
“ 70 198
“ 80 250

16. Calculate the median and the quartiles from the following data :
Mid – Value Frequency Mid – Value Frequency
15 18 65 56
25 29 75 42
35 46 85 30
45 62 95 16
55 96 105 10

17. Compute Median from the following data :

Mid Values : 115 125 135 145 155 165 175 185 195
Frequency : 6 25 48 72 116 60 38 22 3

18. An incomplete distribution is given below :

Variable : 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80
Frequency : 12 30 ? 65 ? 25 18
You are given that the total of frequency is 229 and Median value is 46. Using
Median formula fill up the missing frequencies.

19. Given that the median sale of shops is Rs. 2,400 find out the missing frequency :
Sales (Rs.’00) : 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50
No., of Shops : 5 25 ? 18 7
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20. By using Median find out the missing frequencies. It is given that Median is 43.6 and
total of frequency is 132.

Class Interval : 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 - 50
Frequency : 10 12 15 ? 25
Class Interval : 50 – 60 60 – 70 70 – 80 80 - 90
Frequency : ? 12 11 9

21. Draw an Ogive (cumulative frequency curve) and read off the median and quartiles.
Check your results by the actual calculations.

Marks Frequency Marks Frequency

0 – 10 3 30 – 40 30
10 – 20 9 40 – 50 18
20 – 30 15 50 – 60 5

22. Draw a cumulative frequency graph (Ogive Curve) for the following data and locate and
measure the Median.

Marks Frequency
1–5 7
6 – 10 10
11 – 15 16
16 – 20 32
21 – 25 24
26 – 30 18
31 – 35 10
36 – 40 5
41 – 45 1

23. Find out Median graphically from the following data :

Wages No., of Workers

0 – 20 4
20 – 40 6
40 – 60 10
60 – 80 20
80 – 100 12
100 – 120 6
120 – 140 2