Mena deviation

The mean deviation is defined as the mean of the absolute

deviation taken from some central average mathematically it
is defined as
M .D =
M .D =
M .D =

| X X |

n
| X med |

n
| X mod e |
n

The word absolute means to ignore the negative signs of

deviations the above formulas are for ungrouped data for
grouped data following are the formulas
M .D =

f |x y|
f

M .D =

M .D =

f | x med |
f

f | x mod e |
f

The || is called modulus of any value it means if any value is

negative its modulus is positive.
Coefficient of Means Deviation

The coefficient of mean deviation is defined as

Coeff of MD=

MD
Average

Following marks are obtained in statistics in an examination

by 10 student
56,41,54,55,59,51,53,44,37,46,
Calculate mean deviation from
Arithmetic means
Median and corresponding coefficient of devication
x=

x = 496 = 49.6
n

10

Arranged data is as
37,41,44,46,51,53,54,55,56,59
Median =
=

n +1

th
2

value

10 + 1

th
2

= 5.5th value
=5th value +0.5 (6th value-5th value)
=51+0.5(53-51)
=52

Mean deviation from mean

x|x- x- |x49.6 49.6| 52 52|
12.6 -15 15
12.6
-8.6 8.6 -11 11
-5.6 5.6 -8
8
-3.6 3.6 -6
6
1.4 1.4 -1
1
3.4 3.4
1
1
4.4 4.4
2
2
5.4 5.4
3
3
6.4 6.4
4
4
9.4 9.4
7
7
60.8
58
=

MD=

60.8
= 6.08
10

MD =

Coeff of

MD 6.08
=
= 0.1226
X
49.6

Mean Deviation from median

M .D =

| X mod e | = 58 = 5.8
n

10

MD

5.8

Coeff of M.D = med = 52 = 0.1115

| x x |
n

Table shows the mark distribution of 40 male students at

University
118126
2

127135
2

136144
6

145153
9

154162
12

163171
5

172180
4

Calculate mean deviation from mean and coefficient of mean

deviation
Marks
118126
127135
136144
145153
154162
163171
172180
Total

Fx

x147.2

| x147.2|

f|x147.2|

122

244

-25.2

25.2

50.4

131

786

-16.2

16.2

97.2

140

1250

-7.2

7.2

64.8

149

1783

1.8

1.8

21.6

12

158

790

10.8

10.8

54.0

167

668

19.8

19.8

79.2

178

352

28.8

28.8

57.6

40

5888

424.8

x=

fx = 5888 = 1472
40
f

M .D =

f | x x | = 424.8 = 10.62
40
f

coeffofMD =

MD 10.62
=
= 0.0721
x
147.2

Standard Deviation

s=

( x x )
n