Mean Deviation

Dr. Preeti Jain

 Mean Deviation (MD)
Definition
MD is arithmetic average of deviations of all the
values taken from a statistical average (Mean,
Median oar Mode) of the series.
In taking deviations of values the ± signs are
ignored.

That means, negative deviations are also

treated as positive deviations.
Mean deviation may be based on mean,
median or mode. That is deviations are
taken either from mean or median or
made.

Formulae
( For Direct Method)
 Series MD from Mean MD from Median MD from Mode
Individual
MDx 
 dx
MDM 
 dM
MDZ 
 dz
N N N
Discrete
 f dx MDM 
 f dM
MDZ 
 f dz
MD x  N N
N
Continuous
 f dx MDM 
 f dM
 f dz
MD x  N MDZ 
N N
 Coefficient of Mean Deviation

C of MD from Mean C of MD from C of MD from Mode

Median

MDx MDM MDZ

  
x M Z
 Computation of Mean Deviation
from Mean

In Individual Series
Given below are the weights of 9 students of a class. Calculate
MD and its coefficient from Mean:
N: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
X: 50 52 55 57 60 61 64 65 67
N X dx

1 50 9
2 52 7
C of MD from Mean
3 55 4
MDx 
 dx
4 57 2 N MDx
5 60 1

44 x
6 61 2   4.89
9
7 64 5 4.89
8 65 6   .0829
9 67 8 59
N=9 ∑x = 531  d x  44

x
 x  531  59
N 9
 Computation of Mean Deviation
from Mean

In Discrete Series
Find out the mean deviation from Mean, Median and Mode and their coefficient from the
following series:
Size: 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
F: 2 1 3 6 4 3 1
X F FX
4 2 8
6 1 6
8 3 24 C of MD from Mean
10 6 60
MDx 
 dx
12 4 48 N
14 3 42
44
16 1 16   4.89
9
∑f = 20 ∑fx =204 4.89
  .0829
59

= 204/20
= 10.2
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