Mean of Frequency Tables

Mean of Frequency Tables

We know how to find the
mean of listed data. What if
we have a frequency table?

Age of Dog Frequency Product (x) Starting point: Suppose we

listed this data out with
10 3 30 ? duplicated values. What
11 4 44 ? would be the total age of
12 7 84 ? the dogs aged 10?

13 6 78 ? Once we’d found the total, we’d

14 1 14 ? usually divide by the number of
values. What is that?
TOTAL 250
21 ? 21. A common mistake is to divide
by 5 because there’s 5 rows. But
that’s the number of unique
?
values, and doesn’t take into
account duplicates. There’s 21
  𝟐𝟓𝟎 dogs, not 5!
𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛=
𝟐𝟏
?
=11.9
 Test Your Understanding
Cost Frequency Product (x)
 Mean cost of beef burger:
£1.50 1 1.50 ?
£1.65 20 33.00
? ?
£1.70 21 35.70
?
£1.80 5 9.00
?
£2.00 2 4.00 ?
TOTAL 49 ? 83.20?
  Mean weight of cats:
Weight Frequency Product (x)
2kg 4
?
3kg 0
4kg 8
5kg 7
6kg 3
TOTAL
Practice calculating the Mean from Frequency Tables