MEAN GROUPED

DATA
MEAN GROUPED DATA

• You must need the class interval, frequency, midpoint and

the cumulative frequency..

• You now need the product of frequency and midpoint

column.

• The symbol for the midpoint is xm

FORMULAS……MEAN

• Mean

 f  xm
x
n
EXAMPLE…..

x f
6-11 1
• Find the mean of the set
11-16 2
of grouped data. 16-21 3
21-26 5
26-31 4
31-36 3
36-41 2

n=20
HERE IS THE LIST YOU SHOULD
HAVE……
x f midpoint f x midpoint cf
6-11 1 8.5 8.5 1
11-16 2 13.5 27 3
16-21 3 18.5 55.5 6
21-26 5 23.5 117.5 11
26-31 4 28.5 114 15
31-36 3 33.5 100.5 18
36-41 2 38.5 77 20

20 500
MEAN……

500
x  25
20
NOW YOU TRY……….

• Find the mean x f

63-66 2
66-69 4
69-72 8
72-75 5
75-78 2

n=21
YOUR FINISHED LIST…….

x f midpoint f(midpoint) cf
63-66 2 64.5 129 2
66-69 4 67.5 270 6
69-72 8 70.5 564 14
72-75 5 73.5 367.5 19
75-78 2 76.5 153 21

n=21 1483.5
MEAN……

1483.5
x  70.6
21
HERE ARE THE LISTS……

x f midpoint f x midpoint f x mp squared cf

10 - 15 5 12.5 62.5 781.25 5
15 - 20 9 17.5 157.5 2756.3 14
20 - 25 7 22.5 157.5 3543.8 21
25 - 30 3 27.5 82.5 2268.8 24
30 - 35 2 32.5 65 2112.5 26

n=26 525 11462.5

MEAN:

 f  xm
x
n
525
x  20.2
26
SEAT WORK
#2.