Grouped Data:

Measure of Central Tendency &

Dispersion
SITUATION 1. The following table gives the
frequency distribution of the number of orders
received each day during the past 50 days at the
office of a mail-order company. Calculate the
mean, median, mode, range, variance and
standard deviation.
Number of Frequency
Order (f)
19 - 21 14
16 - 18 20
13 - 15 12
10 - 12 4
Manual Computation:
f - class frequency
= M class midpoint
n number of observations

Number of Frequency Number of order Frequency (f) M fM

Order (f)
19 - 21 14
16 - 18 20
19 - 21 14 20 280
13 - 15 12 16 - 18 20 17 340
10 - 12 4 13 - 15 12 14 168
10 - 12 4 11 44
50 832
Manual Computation:

( ) 2
=

Number of order Frequency (f) M fM ( ) 2 ( ) 2

19 - 21 14 20 280 3.36 11.29 158.05

16 - 18 20 17 340

13 - 15 12 14 168

10 - 12 4 11 44
50 832
Manual Computation:

( ) 2
=

Number of order Frequency (f) M fM ( ) 2 ( ) 2

19 - 21 14 20 280 3.36 11.29 158.05

16 - 18 20 17 340 0.36 0.13 2.592

13 - 15 12 14 168 - 2.64 6.97 83.64

10 - 12 4 11 44 - 5.64 31.81 127.24

50 832 371.52