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Learn how to
tendency using ungrouped and grouped data.
Descriptive Statistics • interpret
data using the measures of central
tendency.
Measures of Sampling & Sampling
Chapters: 3-1
Elementary Statistics by Alan Bluman
by; prof.r.q.sta.maria
by; prof.r.q.sta.maria
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Averages Averages
Mean •Also known as the arithmetic average. Median •The data point or value literally in the
•The average value that summarizes the middle of the distribution.
(!, ) whole distribution, i.e. the value that is not so (Md)
•The value that divides the distribution
high and not so low, opposite of the extreme
into the higher (top 50%) and lower (bottom
values.
50%) data points.
•The value where most data points tend to
cluster around or are nearest to, according •Dependent on N or n.
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Averages
Ungrouped Data Grouped Data
Mode •The data point with the highest frequency Mean (X̅) X = ∑X = x 1 + x2 +!+ xn X=
∑ fX m
=
f1 X m1 + f2 X m2 +!+ fn X mn
(f ), i.e. the most common. n n n n
(Mo) h
n +1 ⎛ 0.5n − cfk−1 ⎞
Median Md = lcbk + i ⎜
Md = X j ; where j = ⎝ fk ⎟⎠
(Md) 2
Md = Q2 = D5 = C50
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