Measure of Dispersion

Prepared by:
Indu Kumar Lama
 Important Notes
th
N
Q1 Class =   term
 4
N  i
Q1 = L +  - c.f  ×
 4  f
 Important Notes

th
 N
Median (Q 2 ) Class =   term
 2
N  i
Median (Q 2 ) = L +  - c.f  ×
 2  f
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th
 3N 
Q 3 Class =   term
 4 
 3N  i
Q3 = L +  - c.f  ×
 4  f
 Important Notes

Q 3 - Q1
Q.D. =
2
Q 3 - Q1
Coefficient of Q.D. =
Q 3 + Q1
 Important Notes

Mean (x) =
 fx
N

f x − x
Mean Deviation(M.D.) =
N

Mean Deviation(M.D.) =
f x − Md
N
 Important Notes

M.D.
Coefficient of M.D. =
x
M.D.
Coefficient of M.D. =
Md
 Important Notes

 fx   fx
2
2

S.D.(σ) = -
 N 

N  

σ
Coefficient of S.D.(σ) =
Mean(x)

𝝈
Coefficient of Variation = × 𝟏𝟎𝟎%
𝒙
Understanding Type Questions
 Question # 1
In a continuous series, if Q1 = 12.5 and Q3 = 20.75, find coefficient of quartile deviation.
(Ans: 0.248)

Question # 2
If the sum and difference of upper and lower quartile of a series are 31.25 and 10.25 respectively, find its
upper and lower quartile.
(Ans: 20.75 and 10.5

Question # 3
The coefficient of quartile deviation of a series is 0.328. If the inter-quartile range is 10.25, find the value
of (Q1 + Q3). (Ans: 31.25)
 Question # 4
If the maximum value of the minimum 25% of a series is 10.5 and the minimum value of the maximum
25% is 20.75, find the coefficient of Q.D. (Ans: 0.328)

Question # 5
The inter quartile range of a continuous data is 20 and Q1 = 10. Find the quartile deviation and its
coefficient. (Ans: 10, 0.5)

Question # 6
The difference and sum of upper and lower quartile in a continuous data is 20 and 40 respectively. Find
Q.D. and its coefficient.
(Ans: 10, 0.5)
 Question # 7
The upper quartile and inter quartile range of a data are 58 and 28 respectively. Find the coefficient Q.D.
(Ans: 0.32)

Question # 8
In a continuous data, the third quartile is three times of the first quartile and the median of the data is 20,
find the quartile deviation (Ans: 10)

Question # 9
Find the coefficient of mean deviation of a continuous data having 20 samples whose mean is 37 and f
 D  = 232.
(Ans: 0.314)
 Question # 10
The median of continuous data having 20 samples is 35. If f  D  = 220, work out the coefficient of mean
deviation.
(Ans: 0.314)

Question # 11
The median of continuous data is 28. If N = 50 and f d = 478, work out the coefficient of mean
deviation.
(Ans: 0.34)

Question # 12
The coefficient of M.D. from median having sample number of observation 50 is 0.295. If the median of
the data is 40, find the sum of the product of frequencies and deviation.
(Ans: 590)
 Question # 13
The coefficient of M.D. from mean is 0.35. If f = 50 and f  D  = 472, find the mean.
(Ans: 26.97)

Question # 14
The coefficient of M.D. from median is 0.34. If N = 50 and f  d  = 478, find the median.
(Ans: 28.12)

Question # 15
In a continuous series, if N = 20, f m = 440 & fd² = 3220, find the coefficient of variance.
(Ans: 57.68%)
 Question # 16
In a continuous series, if N = 20, S.D.(σ) = 11.95 & fd² = 3100, find fd.
(Ans: 69.16)

Question # 17
The mean and S.D. of the marks obtained by 200 students are 40 and 15 respectively. Find the sum of the
squares of the marks. (Ans: 365000)

Question # 18
The S.D. of a data is 15. If the coefficient of variance is 75%, find the coefficient of S.D. and the mean.
(Ans: 0.75 & 20)

Question # 19
If N = 10, σ² = 825 and fm² = 38500, workout the coefficient of standard deviation.
(Ans: 0.052)
Application based Questions
Quartile Deviation
 Question # 1
Work out the quartile deviation and its coefficient from the data given below:
C.I 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30
Frequency 4 12 16 6 2
(Ans: 3.44 and 0.22)

Question # 2
Work out the quartile deviation and its coefficient from the data given below:
C.I 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70
Frequency 12 10 8 10 7 5
(Ans: 14 and 0.4)
 Question # 3
Work out the quartile deviation and its coefficient from the data given below:
The marks obtained by 30 students of a class are given below:

40 42 60 65 70 72
30 54 38 20 25 35
42 48 50 54 58 53
59 60 46 78 77 62
50 51 54 42 35 28

(Ans: 3.44 and 0.22)

Application based Questions
 Mean Deviation

Calculate M.D. and its

coefficient:
 Question # 1
Calculate the mean deviation and its coefficient from median for the data given below:
Marks 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55
No. of students 8 10 20 15 7

Question # 2
Calculate the mean deviation and its coefficient from mean for the data given below:
Marks 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80 80 - 90 90 - 100
No. of students 4 2 7 5 4
 Question # 3
Calculate the mean deviation and its coefficient from median for the data given below:
Marks 0 - 10 0 - 20 0 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50
No. of students 2 5 11 5 4

Question # 4
Calculate the mean deviation and its coefficient from median for the data given below:
Weight in (Kg.) 20 - 30 20 - 40 20 - 50 20 - 60 20 - 70
No. of students 5 14 24 30 34
 Question # 5
Calculate the mean deviation and its coefficient from mean for the data given below:
Marks 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60
No. of students 4 7 10 6 3
Application Based Questions
 Standard Deviation

Calculate standard and its

coefficient:
 Question # 1
Calculate the S.D., its coefficient, and the coefficient of variance from the data given below:
Marks 5 - 15 15 - 25 25 - 35 35 - 45 45 - 55
No. of students 8 10 20 15 7

Question # 2
Calculate the S.D., its coefficient, and the coefficient of variance from the data given below:
Marks 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80 80 - 90 90 - 100
No. of students 4 2 7 5 4
 Question # 3
Calculate the S.D., its coefficient, and the coefficient of variation from the data given below:
Marks 0-6 6 - 12 12 - 18 18 - 24 24 - 30 30 - 36
No. of students 5 8 12 15 7 3

Question # 4
Calculate the S.D., its coefficient, and the coefficient of variance from the data given below:
Heights(cm) 0 - 10 0 - 20 0 - 30 30 - 40 30 - 50
No. of Plants 5 13 28 16 22
 Question # 5
Compute the standard deviation and its coefficient from the data given below:
Heights(cm) 0 - 10 0 - 20 0 - 30 0 - 40 0 - 50
No. of Plants 5 9 13 19 20