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MEDIAN and The Quartiles
MEDIAN and The Quartiles
MEDIAN and The Quartiles
39, 33, 28, 25, 12, 3, 8, 17, 48, 34, 15, 19, 32, 32, 19, 21, 28, 32, 20, 23,
Arrange the data in ascending order and present it as a grouped data in:
Continuous Interval form, taking class-intervals 1 10, 10 20, etc.
(i)
Step 1)
: Arrange the marks in ascending order, we get:
3, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 17, 17, 19, 19, 19, 20, 21, 21, 23,
23, 25, 25, 28, 28, 32, 32, 32, 33, 34, 34, 36, 37, 39, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 48,
We may now classify them into groups as shown below:
(ii)
Here, the class 1 10 means, marks obtained from 1 to 9, i.e., excluding 10.
NB) in this type of interval the limits are just the lower and upper values and the
class interval is the difference between them e.g. 30---40 class size h=40-30=10
(i)
Note that the class 1 10 means, marks obtained from 1 to 10, including both.
NB) in this type of interval the limits are the lower and upper values we subtract
0.5 from lower value add 0.5 to the upper value. The class interval is the
difference between them e.g. 30---39 the limits would be 29.5----39.5.class size
h=39.5-29.5=10
MEDIAN
Steps for Grouped Data Median:
1. Locate which class contains the median by using the following formula:
Location of median = = 15.5
This formula tells you what place the median would be in if the numbers were
placed in order from smallest to largest! In this example, the median is located
halfway between the 15th and the 16th numbers.
2. Now figure out which class would contain the median. (Remember the median in
this example is between the 15th and the 16th numbers in order from smallest to
largest.)
Class
Frequency f
Cumulative Frequency
0 up to 5
2
2
5 up to 10
7
9
10 up to 15
12
21
15 up to 20
6
27
20 up to 25
3
30
The median is somewhere between 10 and 15. We know this because we can look at
the Cumulative Frequency and see that the 15th and the 16th numbers are in this class!
(In fact, the 10th through the 21st numbers were in this class)
3. Do the Math!
**This is one of the trickier formulas for this exam! Please take close note of
17. Mode = the most frequently occurring value. In a grouped data it is the midpoint of the
modal class.
(b) The following table gives the weekly wages earned by all employees in a factory.
Weekly Wage No. of Employees
150 169
16
170 189
31
190 209
22
210 229
14
230 249
10
250 269
7
Using the above data:
(i) Present the data in a cumulative frequency distribution table.
(2 marks)
(ii) Draw a Histogram and Ogive to represent the above data.
(4 marks)
(iii) Calculate the mean and the median.
(6 marks)
(iv) Calculate the inter-quartile range.
(4 marks