CHAPTER II

MEASURE OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

UNGROUPED

1) The number of incorrect answers on a true-false competency test for a

random sample of 15 students were recorded as follows: 2, 1, 3, 0, 1, 3, 6, 0,
3, 3, 5, 2, 1, 4, and 2. Find the mean, median and mode.

0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6

MEAN:

∑x/N = 36/15 = 2.4

MEDIAN:

Md = 2

MODE:

Mode = 3

2) The number of building permits issued last month to 12 construction firm

in a Quezon City were 4, 7, 6, 9, 11, 4, 1, 15, 3, 5, 8, and 7. Treating the data
as apopulation, find the mean, median and mode.

1, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15

MEAN:

∑x/N = 80/12 = 6.67

MEDIAN:

Md = (6 + 7)/2 = 6.5

MODE:

Mode = 4 and 7
3) Joey Tribbiani has been working on programing and updating a Web site
for his company for the past 15 months. The following numbers represent
the number of hours Stephen has worked on this Web site for each of the
past 9 months:

24, 25, 31, 48, 50, 53, 66, 78, 85

MEAN:

∑x/N = 460/9 =51.11

MEDIAN:

Md = 50

MODE:

No mode

4) Poay operates Poksy Garden, a Web site service that employs 13 people.
Find the mean, median and mode. The age of her workers are as follows:

24, 25, 25, 26, 28, 28, 28, 30, 33, 36, 36, 40, 40

MEAN:

∑x/N = 399/13 =30.69

MEDIAN:

Md = 28

MODE:

Mode = 28

5) The following data give the grades of 10 groups in Math Quiz Bee:

73, 76, 88, 88, 88, 90, 90, 92, 94, 95

MEAN:
∑x/N = 874/10 = 87.4

MEDIAN:

Md = (88 + 90)/2 = 89

MODE:

Mode = 88

GROUPED

In Karl's office, there are 25 employees. Each employee travels to work

every morning in his or her own car. The distribution of the driving times (in
minutes) from home to work for the employees is shown in the table below.

Driving Times (minutes)

0 to less than 10

10 to less than 20

20 to less than 30

30 to less than 40

40 to less than 50
Number of Employees

10