Name: ___________________________________________ Grade & Section:_________________

Subject: Mathematics 7 Teacher: _______________________________ Score: ________________

Lesson : Quarter 4 Week 6 LAS 1

Activity Title : MEASURES OF VARIABILITY
Learning Target : Solve the range, Mean Deviation, Variance, and Standard Deviation of ungroup
data. M7SP-IVh-i-1
References : Mathematics for Grade 7 A Spiral Approach, Diego M. Amid and mike V. Tibulan
LAS Writer : Argie M. Quebuen

MEASURES OF VARIABILITY
Range, Mean Deviation, Variance, and Standard Deviation are the main component in measures of
variability.
Example: Suppose 10 students take the summative test of 60 items and these are the list of their scores.
UNGROUP DATA
47 58 55 32 24 To solve for Range
23 24 38 45 39 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 = 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 − 𝐿𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒
𝑁 = 10 𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 = 58 − 23
𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 = 35

47 + 23 + 58 + 24 + 55 + 38 + 32 + 45 + 24 + 39 385
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 = 𝑋̅ = = = 38.5
10 10
To solve for Mean Deviation
∑|𝑋𝑖 − 𝑋̅|
𝑀𝐷 =
𝑁
(47 − 38.5) + (23 − 38.5) + (58 − 38.5) + (24 − 38.5) + (55 − 38.5) + (38 − 38.5) + (32 − 38.5) + (45 − 38.5) + (24 − 38.5) + (39 − 38.5)
𝑀𝐷 =
10

(10.2) + (−13.8) + (21.2) + (−12.8) + (18.2) + (1.2) + (−4.8) + (8.2) + (−12.8) + (2.2)
𝑀𝐷 =
10
17
𝑀𝐷 =
10
𝑀𝐷 = 1.7
To solve for Variance
∑|𝑋𝑖 − 𝑋̅|2
𝑉=
𝑁

(10.2)2 + (−13.8)2 + (21.2)2 + (−12.8)2 + (18.2)2 + (1.2)2 + (−4.8)2 + (8.2)2 + (−12.8)2 + (2.2)2
𝑉=
10
(104.04) + (190.44) + (449.44) + (163.84) + (331.24) + (1.44) + (23.04) + (67.24) + (163.84) + 4.84)
𝑉=
10
1499.4
𝑉=
10
𝑉 = 149.94

To solve for Standard Deviation

Get the Square Root of Variance

∑|𝑋𝑖 − 𝑋̅|2
𝑆𝐷 = √
𝑛
𝑆𝐷 = √149.94
𝑆𝐷 = 12.24
ACTIVITY:
1. The following data were taken from the survey of 15 students of the number of hours playing Mobile
Legends per week. (Note: write your answer at the back)

Compute the following:

16 5 6 9 10
18 8 11 17 16
a. Range c. Mean Deviation This space is
21 14 9 13 24
b. Variance d. Standard Deviation for the QR
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