Introduction:

Statistics is the discipline of mathematics

that concerns the collection, organization,
analysis, interpretation and presentation of
data.

In Class 9, we learnt to find mean, median &

mode of ungrouped data.

In this class, we shall study the measures of

central tendency for Grouped data.
Mean of Grouped Data (Without Class
Interval)
If the data is organized in such a way that
there is no class interval then we can
calculate the mean by

where, x1, x2, x3,...... xn are the observations

f1, f2, f3, ...... fn are the respective
frequencies of the given observations.
Mean of Grouped Data (With
Class-Interval)
When the data is grouped in the form of class
interval then the mean can be calculated by
three methods.
1. Direct Method
In this method, we use a midpoint which
represents the whole class. It is called the class
mark. It is the average of the upper limit and
the lower limit.
Mean of Grouped Data (With
Class-Interval)

2. Assumed Mean Method

If we have to calculate the large numbers then
we can use this method to make our calculations
easy. In this method, we choose one of the x’s as
assumed mean and let it as “a”. Then we find
the deviation which is the difference of assumed
mean and each of the x. The rest of the method
is the same as the direct method.
Mean of Grouped Data (With
Class-Interval)

3. Step Deviation Method

In this method, we divide the values of d with a
number "h" to make our calculations easier.
NOTE

❏ The step-deviation method will be

convenient to apply if all the di’s have a
common factor.
❏ The mean obtained by all the three
methods is the same.
❏ The assumed mean method and
step-deviation method are just
simplified forms of the direct method.
Q1. A survey was conducted by a group of
students as a part of their environment
awareness program, in which they collected
the following data regarding the number of
plants in 20 houses in a locality. Find the
mean number of plants per house.
Which method did you use for finding the
mean, and why?
Solution :
Solution :
Q2. Consider the following distribution
of daily wages of 50 workers of a factory.
Find the mean daily wages of the
workers of the factory by using an
appropriate method.
Solution :
Solution :
Q3. The following table gives the
distribution of total household expenditure
( in rupees) of manual workers in a city.
Find the average expenditure (in Rs.) per
household.

Expense (Rs.) Frequency

100 - 150 24

150 - 200 40

200 - 250 36

250 - 300 28

300 - 350 30

350 - 400 22
Solution :
As we can see that there are big values of x to calculate so
we will use the assumed mean method. Here we take 275
as the assumed mean.

Expenses Frequency Mid d=x–

fd
(Rs.) (f) value(x) 275

100 – 150 24 125 - 150 - 3600

150 – 200 40 175 - 100 - 4000

200 – 250 36 225 - 50 -1800

250 – 300 28 275 0 0

300 – 350 30 325 50 1500

350 – 400 22 375 100 2200

∑fd = - 5700
∑f = 180
 -5700

31.666

243.33333
Q4. The following distribution shows
the daily pocket allowance of children of
a locality. The mean pocket allowance is
Rs 18. Find the missing frequency f.
Solution :
To find out the missing frequency, use the mean formula.
Here, the value of mid-point (xi) mean x̄ = 18

Class Number of Mid-point fi x i

interval children (fi) (xi)

11-13 7 12 84

13-15 6 14 84

15-17 9 16 144

17-19 13 18 = A 234

19-21 f 20 20f

21-23 5 22 110

23-25 4 24 96

Total fi = 44+f Sum fixi =

752+20f
Solution :

The mean formula is

Mean = x̄ = ∑fixi /∑fi = (752+20f)/(44+f)

Now substitute the values and equate to find the missing
frequency (f)

⇒ 18 = (752+20f)/(44+f)

⇒ 18(44+f) = (752+20f)

⇒ 792+18f = 752+20f
⇒ 792+18f = 752+20f

⇒ 792 – 752 = 20f – 18f

⇒ 40 = 2f

⇒ f = 20

So, the missing frequency, f = 20.

Q5. Thirty women were examined in a
hospital by a doctor and the number of
heart beats per minute were recorded
and summarized as follows. Find the
mean heart beats per minute for these
women, choosing a suitable method.
Solution :
Q6. In a retail market, fruit vendors were
selling mangoes kept in packing boxes.
These boxes contained varying number of
mangoes. The following was the
distribution of mangoes according to the
number of boxes.
Find the mean number of mangoes kept in
a packing box. Which method of finding
the mean did you choose?
 Solution :
Since, the given data is not continuous so we add 0.5 to the upper
limit and subtract 0.45 from the lower limit as the gap between two
intervals are 1

Here, assumed mean (A) = 57

Class size (h) = 3

Here, the step deviation is used because the frequency values are big.

Class Number of Mid-point di = x i –

fi d i
Interval boxes (fi) (xi) A

49.5-52.5 15 51 -6 90

52.5-55.5 110 54 -3 -330

55.5-58.5 135 57 = A 0 0

58.5-61.5 115 60 3 345

61.5-64.5 25 63 6 150

Sum fidi = 75
Sum fi = 400
Solution :
The formula to find out the Mean is:

Mean = x̄ = A +h ∑fidi /∑fi

= 57 + 3(75/400)

= 57 + 0.1875

= 57.19

Therefore, the mean number of mangoes kept in a packing

box is 57.19
Q7. To find out the concentration of SO2 in
the air (in parts per million, i.e. ppm), the
data was collected for 30 localities in a
certain city and is presented below:
Find the mean concentration of SO2 in the
air.
 Solution :
Concentration of Frequency (fi) Mid-point fi x i
SO2 (in ppm) (xi)

0.00-0.04 4 0.02 0.08

0.04-0.08 9 0.06 0.54

0.08-0.12 9 0.10 0.90

0.12-0.16 2 0.14 0.28

0.16-0.20 4 0.18 0.72

0.20-0.24 2 0.20 0.40

Total Sum fi = 30 Sum (fixi) = 2.96

The formula to find out the mean is

Mean = x̄ = ∑fixi /∑fi = 2.96/30 = 0.099 ppm

Therefore, the mean concentration of SO2 in air is

0.099 ppm.
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