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Statistics - Central Tendency
Statistics - Central Tendency
1. Mean
The arithmetic mean or average is a measure of central tendency in which all
values plays an equal role, that is, to determine the mean, one would need to consider all
of the values present in a given data set. Mean can be used for interval and ratio data.
a. Weighted Mean – it is used when various classes or groups contribute differently
to the total. In an ordinary arithmetic mean, each data point contributes equally to the final
mean, in weighted mean, some data points contribute more “weight” than others.
b. Geometric Mean – a type of mean where values in the data set are multiplied
together and getting the product’s nth root according to the number of values.
c. Combined Mean – it is the grand mean of all values in all groups when two or
more gropus are combined.
2. Median
Median is the midpoint or the middle value of the data array, which is data arranged
from lowest to highest or vice versa. It is applied for ordinal, interval, and ratio data.
3. Mode
Mode is the value that appears most frequently in a data set. A data set that has only one
value which occurs the most is unimodal. A data which has two values occurring the most
is bimodal and a data which has more than two values occurring the most is multimodal.
Median = 0
Mode = 0
Standard Deviation
02
0−
s = √ 5−15 = 0
X 𝑥 − 𝑥̅ (𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
Grouped Data
Class limit f X (class fX ≤cf 𝑥 − 𝑥̅ (𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2 𝑓(𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2
mark)
5-9 0 7 0 0 -10 36 0
10-14 0 12 0 0 -5 9 0
15-19 5 17 85 5 0 0 0
Total 5 85 45 0
∑𝑓𝑋 85
Mean, 𝑥̅ = = = 17
𝑛 5
5
−0
2
Median = 14.5 + ( ) 5 = 17
5
5−0
Mode = 14.5 + ((5−0)+5) 5 = 17
0
Standard deviation = √5−1 = 0