MEASURE OF

CENTRAL
TENDENCY
GROUPED DATA
Activity #1 “RECALL ME”

1. How do we get the mean of an

ungrouped data?
2. How do we get the median?
3. How do we get the mode of an
ungrouped data?
4. How do we classify the mode
according to its number of occurence?
MEAN
• The mean is the most commonly used
measure of central tendency.
• When we speak of average, we always
refer to the mean.

x=
MEAN
where:
fx = the product of
x= frequency and the
class mark
N = total frequencies
MEDIAN
• Median is the midpoint of the data array.

[ ]
𝜮 𝒇
− 𝒄𝒇
~𝒙 =𝒍𝒃+ 𝟐 𝒄𝒘
mc
𝒇 mc
MEDIAN

[ ]
𝜮 𝒇
− 𝒄𝒇
~𝒙 =𝒍𝒃+ 𝟐 𝒄𝒘
mc
𝒇 mc
where:
Σf = total frequencies
lbmc = lower boundaries of median class
fmc = frequency of median class
cw = class width
cf = cumulative frequency before/preceding the median
MODE
• Mode is the value that occurs/appears
most often in the data set.

[ ]
^𝒙 =𝒍𝒃+
𝑫 ₁
mo 𝒄𝒘
𝑫 ₁+ 𝑫 ₂
MODE
^𝒙 =𝒍𝒃+

where:
mo
[ 𝑫₁
𝑫 ₁+ 𝑫 ₂
𝒄𝒘
]
lbmo = lower boundaries of modal class
D₁ = difference of the modal class and the class preceding it
D₂ = difference of the modal class and the class succeeding
it.
cw = class width
 SCORES FREQUENCY
EXAMPLE #1 11-15 1
16-20 2
Compute the
21-25 5
mean, median
and mode of the 26-30 11
scores of the 31-35 12
students in a 36-40 11
basic statistics 41-45 5
set. 46-50 1
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER CLASS fx CUMULATIVE
( f ) BOUNDARIES MARK( FREQUENCY
( lb ) x ) ( cf )
11 - 15 1 10.5 13 13 1
16 - 20 2 15.5 18 36 3
21 - 25 5 20.5 23 115 8
26 - 30 11 25.5 28 308 19
31 - 35 12 30.5 33 396 31
36 - 40 11 35.5 38 418 42
41 - 45 5 40.5 43 215 47
46 - 50 1 45.5 48 48 48
N = 48 Σfx= 1549
SCORES FREQUENCY CLASS MARK fx
(f) (x)
11-15 1 13 13
16-20 2 18 36
21-25 5 23 115 find:
26-30 11 28 308
31-35 12 33 396
36-40 11 38 418 Σfx =
41-45 5 43 215
46-50 1 48 48
N= 48 Σfx = 1549
N =
SCORES FREQUENCY CLASS MARK fx
(f) (x)
11-15 1 13 13
16-20 2 18 36 find:
21-25 5 23 115
26-30 11 28 308
31-35 12 33 396
Σfx = 1549
36-40 11 38 418
41-45 5 43 215
46-50 1 48 48
N= 48 Σfx = 1549
N = 48
MEAN
Σfx = 1549 N= 48

x=
x=
x = 32.27
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER CUMULATIVE
(f) BOUNDARIES( FREQUENCY
lb) (cf) find:
11-15 1 10.5 1
16-20 2 15.5 3
21-25 5 20.5 8 Σf =
26-30 11 25.5 19 lbmc =
31-35 12 30.5 31 fmc =
36-40 11 35.5 42
41-45 5 40.5 47
cw =
46-50 1 45.5 48 cf =
Σf= 48
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER CUMULATIVE
(f) BOUNDARIES( FREQUENCY
lb) (cf)
find:
11-15 1 10.5 1
16-20 2 15.5 3 Σf /2 = 24
21-25 5 20.5 8
mc
26-30 11 25.5 19
31-35 12 30.5 31 lbmc = 30.5
36-40 11 35.5 42 f = 12
41-45 5 40.5 47
46-50 1 45.5 48
cw =5
Σf= 48 cf = 19
 [ ]
𝜮 𝒇
− 𝒄𝒇
MEDIAN ~
𝒙 =𝒍𝒃+
mc
𝟐
𝒄𝒘
𝒇 mc
~𝒙 =𝟑𝟎 . 𝟓+
[
𝟐𝟒 − 𝟏𝟗
𝟏𝟐
𝟓
]
~𝒙 =𝟑𝟎 . 𝟓+
[ ]
𝟓
𝟏𝟐
𝟓

~𝒙=𝟑𝟎 . 𝟓+𝟐 .𝟎𝟖

~𝒙=𝟑𝟐.𝟓𝟖
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER
(f) BOUNDARIES(
lb)
11-15 1 10.5 find:
16-20 2 15.5
21-25 5 20.5
26-30 11 25.5
lbmo =
31-35 12 30.5 D₁ =
36-40 11 35.5 D₂ =
41-45 5 40.5
46-50 1 45.5
cw =
Σf= 48
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER
(f) BOUNDARIES(
lb)
11-15 1 10.5 find:
16-20 2 15.5
21-25 5 20.5
26-30 11 25.5
lbmo = 30.5
31-35 12 30.5
36-40 11 35.5 D₁ = 1
41-45 5 40.5
46-50 1 45.5
D₂ = 1
Σf= 48 cw = 5
 ^
MODE 𝒙 =𝒍𝒃+
mo
[
𝑫 ₁
𝑫 ₁+ 𝑫 ₂ ]
𝒄𝒘

[ ]
𝟏
^𝒙 =𝟑𝟎 . 𝟓+ 𝟓
𝟏+𝟏

[ ]
^𝒙 =𝟑𝟎 . 𝟓+
𝟏
𝟐
𝟓

^𝒙=𝟑𝟎 . 𝟓+𝟐 .𝟓
𝒙=𝟑
^ 𝟑
EXAMPLE #2 SCORES FREQUENCY
16-22 3
Compute the 23-29 6
mean, median 30-36 10
and mode of the
37-43 12
scores of the
students in their 44-50 11
Math Quiz. 51-57 4
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER CLASS fx CUMULATIVE
( f ) BOUNDARIES MARK( FREQUENCY
( lb ) x ) ( cf )
16 - 22 3
23 - 29 6
30 - 36 10
37 - 43 12
44 - 50 11
51 - 57 4
N= Σfx=
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER CLASS fx CUMULATIVE
( f ) BOUNDARIES MARK( FREQUENCY
( lb ) x ) ( cf )
16 - 22 3 15.5 19 57 3
23 - 29 6 22.5 26 156 9
30 - 36 10 29.5 33 330 19
37 - 43 12 36.5 40 480 31
44 - 50 11 43.5 47 517 42
51 - 57 4 50.5 54 216 46
N = 46 Σfx= 1756
 SCORES (f)
16-20 1
ACTVITY #2
21-25 0
26-30 4
Compute the
31-35 6
mean, median
36-40 9
and mode of the
scores of the 10- 41-45 5
Emerald students 46-50 2
in their Math test. 51-55 2
56-60 0
 SCORES FREQUENCY
ACTVITY #3
16-20 5
21-25 4
Compute the
26-30 6
mean, median
and mode of the 31-35 9
scores of the 36-40 8
students on 41-45 7
theirMath quiz 46-50 2