Measures of Central Tendency

of GROUPED Data
E N G R . L E A M A R I E P. R E L AV O
 Measures of Central Tendency
MEAN MEDIAN MODE
∑ 𝑓𝑥
[ ∑
] X̂
𝑓
𝑥̄ = − 𝑐𝑓
~ 2
𝑁 𝑥 = 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑐 + 𝑐𝑤
𝑓 𝑚𝑐

Where: Where: Where:

𝑓𝑥 = the product of ∑𝑓 = total frequencies.
frequency and class = lower boundaries of median
mark. class.
N = total frequencies = frequency of median class.
= class width
f = cumulative frequency
before/preceding the median
class.
= lower boundaries of modal
class.
= difference of the modal class
and the class preceding it.
= difference of the modal class
and the succeeding it.
Measures of Central Tendency
Example: Compute the mean, median,
and mode of the scores of the students Scores Frequency
in a basic statistics test. 11-15 1
16-20 2
21-25 5
26-30 11
31-35 12
36-40 11
41-45 5
6-50 1
Measures of Central Tendency
Frequency Distribution
Frequency Lower Boundaries Class Mark Cumulative frequency
Scores fx
(f) (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 fx =1549
Measures of Central Tendency
Mean

Scores
Frequency Class Mark
fx 𝑥̄ =
∑𝑓𝑥
(f) (x) 𝑁
11-15 1 13 13 = 1549 = 48
16-20 2 18 36
21-25 5 23 115 1549
𝑥̄ =
26-30 11 28 308 48
31-35 12 33 396
36-40 11 38 418 𝒙 ̄ =𝟑𝟐.𝟐𝟕
41-45 5 43 215
46-50 1 48 48
N = 48 fx =1549
Measures of Central Tendency
[ ]
Median ∑ 𝑓
− 𝑐𝑓
~ 2
Frequency Lower Boundaries Cumulative frequency 𝑥= 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑐 + 𝑐𝑤
Scores 𝑓 𝑚𝑐
(f) (lb) (cf)
11-15 1 10.5 1 = = 24

[ ]
16-20 2 15.5 3 2 4 − 19
~
𝑥=30 .5 + 5
21-25 5 20.5 8 12
26-30 11 25.5 19 ~𝒙 =𝟑𝟐 . 𝟓𝟖
31-35 12 30.5 31 = 19
36-40 11 35.5 42
41-45 5 40.5 47 = 30.5
46-50 1 45.5 48
N = 48 = 12

=5
Measures of Central Tendency
Mode X̂
Frequency Lower Boundaries
Scores
(f) (lb) X̂
11-15 1 10.5
= 30.5 X̂
16-20 2 15.5
21-25 5 20.5 =5
26-30 11 25.5 =1
31-35 12 30.5
36-40 11 35.5 =1
41-45 5 40.5
46-50 1 45.5
N = 48