Measures of Central Tendency

Mean,Median and Mode

for Ungrouped
Data Basic
Statistics
Measures of Central Tendency

In layman’s term, a measure

of central tendency is an
AVERAGE. It is a single number of
value which can be considered
typical in a set of data as a
whole.
For example, in a class of 40
students, the average height
would be the typical height of the
members of this class as a whole.
MEAN

Among the three measures of central tendency, the

mean is the most popular and widely used. It is
sometimes called the arithmetic mean.
If we compute the mean of the population, we call
it the parametric or population mean, denoted by μ
(read “mu”).
If we get the mean of the sample, we call it the
sample mean and it is denoted by (read “x bar”).
Mean for Ungrouped Data
For ungrouped or raw data, the mean has the following
formula.

where = mean
= sum of the measurements or values
n = number of measurements

Example 1:
Ms. Sulit collects the data on the ages of Mathematics teachers
in Santa Rosa School, and her study yields the following:
38 35 28 36 35 33 40
Solution:

= 35
Based on the computed mean, 38 is the average age of
Mathematics teachers in SRS.
The following are the scores of Raymond in his Quizzes

25 , 30, 28 , 32 , 29 , 35 , 40 , 42

Mean = = = 32.62

25 28 29 30 32 35 40 42

Median = =

Median = 30
Your turn!

Mang John is a meat vendor. The following are his sales for
the past six days. Compute his daily mean sales.
Tuesday P 5 800
Wednesday 8 600
Thursday 6 500
Friday 4 300
Saturday 12 500
Sunday 13 400

Solution:

= 51, 100

The average daily sales of Mang John is P51,100.

MEDIAN

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Your turn!
Compute the median and interpret the result.
1. In a survey of small businesses in Tondo, 10 bakeries
report the following numbers of employees:
15, 14, 12, 19, 13, 14 15, 18, 13, 19.

2. The random savings of 2nd year high school

students reveal the following current balances in
their bank accounts:
Students A B C D E F G H
Current Balances P340 350 450 500 360 760 800 740

3. The following are the lifetimes of 9 lightbulbs in

thousands of hours.
Lightbulb A B C D E F G H I
Lifetime 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.4 .9 .2 1.2 1.7
 MODE

CLASSIFIED INTO 4:
1. UNIMODAL = 1 MODE
2. BIMODAL = 2 MODE
3. TRIMMODAL = 3 MODE
4. MULTIMODAL = MORE THAN 3 MODES
5. NO MODE
Examples:
Find the Mode.
1. The ages of five students are: 17, 18, 23, 20, and 19 = no mode
2. The following are the descriptive evaluations of 5
teachers: VS, S, VS, VS, O =
3. The grades of five students are : 4.0, 3.5, 4.0, 3.5, and 1.0
4. The weights of five boys in pounds are: 117, 218, 233, 120, and 117
Your turn!

Find the mode and interpret it.

1. The following table shows the frequency of errors

committed by 10 typists per minute.
Typists A B C D E F G H I J
No. of errors per min. 5 3 3 7 2 8 8 4 7 10

2. A random sample of 8 mango trees reveals the

following number of fruits they yield
Mango Tree A B C D E F G H
No. of fruits 80 70 80 90 82 82 90 82

3. The following are the scores of 9 students in a

Mathematics quiz.: 12, 15, 12, 8, 7, 15, 19, 24, 13