Lesson 8:

MEASURES OF
CENTRAL
TENDENCY
 Lesson Objectives:
Find the mean, median, and
mode of statistical data.

Describe the data using

information from the mean,
median, and mode,
 Concept Map

Descriptive Statistics

Ungrouped Data Grouped Data

Measures of Measures of Measures of Measures of

Central Variability Central Variability
Tendency Tendency
 THE AVERAGE
Consider these statements:

Your score in
The average height of a the test is
Filipina is 4’11”. above average.
 THE AVERAGE
Consider these statements:

Your average
James averages 25 qualifies you for
points per game. medalist
 THE AVERAGE
Consider the statements below:

The average The average

income of a number of hours
Filipino family in the students
2009 in NCR is spend studying at
Php 18, 916 home is 3

The average
shoe size of
women is 7
Measures of Central Tendency
(average)
is a single, central value that
MEAN summarizes a set of numerical data.

MEDIAN It attempts to describe what is

“typical” in a set of data.

MODE
 Watch This!
A group of students obtained the following scores in a
math quiz: 8, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3

The mean is 6.7 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10

The median is 7 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10

The mode is 8 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10
 Watch This!
A group of students obtained the following scores in a
math quiz: 8, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 5

The mean is 6.5 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10

The median is 6.5 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10

The mode is 5 and 8 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10

 Chapter Map

Descriptive Statistics

Ungrouped Data Grouped Data

Measures of Measures of Measures of Measures of

Central Variability Central Variability
Tendency Tendency
 MEA
N
is the sum of the data divided by the
number of data.

m o f d a t a
Su

Mean
Number
of dat a
The number of hours each student spends studying and
doing school projects each day is shown in the table.

Find the mean amount of time the students spend

studying and doing school projects.

Joma Gab Ryan Michelle Rion Charles Iana

4 3 3 4 5 4 3.5
 The daily wages of 5 workers are as follows:
Php350, Php400, Php400, Php500,Php450

Find the mean daily wage.

Valerie’s scores in three unit tests are
92, 87, and 88.

What must her score be on the fourth

test to get an average of 90?
Adam’s previous term grades are 76 and 73.

What must his grade be on the third

trimester to get an average of 75?
Find Miguel’s grade point average (GPA)

Name: Miguel Santos

No. of Units Grade

English 3 91
Filipino 3 89
Math 3 93
Science 5 88
Values Ed. 2 92
P.E. 1 93
 Mikhael scored 20, 24, 32, 22, and 28 in
the past 5 games.

What must his score on the sixth game be to

get an average of 25 points?
 The table shows the scores of 30
students in a mathematics quiz.

What is the mean score of the class?

Score 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of Students 2 4 4 9 8 2 1
Find out the average monthly salary of the following
employees in a restaurant
EMPLOYEE MONTHLY SALARY (PHP)

Manager ----------- Php 21,000

Chef ----------- Php 20,000
Waiter 1 ----------- Php 10,000
Waiter 2 ----------- Php 9,000
Waiter 3 ----------- Php 9,000
Waiter 4 ----------- Php 9,000
Waiter 5 ----------- Php 8,000
Waiter 6 ----------- Php 8,000
Waiter 7 ----------- Php 8,000
 MEDIA
N
is the middle number of the set of data
when the data are arranged in numerical
order.
Numb
er of
da t a

Median
Find the median of these scores:
17, 16, 17, 18, 30, 19, 18
Find the median of these grades:
90, 84, 79, 80, 77, 89, 95, 93, 90, 86, 85
Find the median of these scores:
32, 20, 25, 36, 42, 38, 26, 33
Find the median of these grades:
80, 78, 81, 83, 95, 85
 The table below shows the distribution
of the daily allowance of 21 students.

Find the median daily allowance.

Daily Allowance Php20 Php25 Php50 Php75 Php100 Php120

Number of Students 3 7 6 3 1 1
The table below shows the distribution
of the daily wage of 25 workers.

Find the median daily wage.

Daily Wage Php200 Php250 Php300 Php350 Php400

Number of Workers 2 3 5 11 4
The table below shows the distribution
of the lengths of 18 movies in minutes.

Find the median length of a movie.

Length (min) 90 100 110 120 150 180

Number of Movies 2 3 4 7 1 1
 MODE

is th at number that occurs most

frequently in the data.
The scores of ten students in a 5-item quiz
are 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, and 5.

What is the mode?

The number of candies inside 20 packs
of bags were counted and the results
are shown in the table.

Number of Candies 24 25 26 27 28
Number of bags 4 8 3 3 2
The graph shows the students’ favorite snacks.
25
Number of Children
20

15

10

0
Burger Fries Biscuits Fruits Pizza
 The graph shows the shoe sizes of 50 women
surveyed. What is the mode?
16
Number of Women 14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9
Is it possible for a set
of data to have no
mode?
 Concept Map

Descriptive Statistics

Ungrouped Data Grouped Data

Measures of Measures of Measures of Measures of

Central Variability Central Variability
Tendency Tendency
 The table shows the number of
swimwears sold to customers in different
shops in April.

Estimate the mean of the distribution.

Number of swimwears Sold 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 34 35 – 39 40 – 44

Frequency 2 6 7 10 5
The table shows the number of minutes
an airline departs later than its
departure time.

Estimate the mean number of minutes

of delay.

Number of Minutes 0 – 19 20 – 39 40 – 59 60 – 79 80 – 99

Frequency 8 5 3 2 2
 The table shows the daily expenses of
the families in a housing subdivision.

Find the mean expenses of the families

in the subdivision.

Expenses
0 ≤ x ≤ 250 250 ≤ x ≤ 500 500 ≤ x ≤ 750 750 ≤ x ≤ 1000
(Php)

Frequency 3 10 15 7
 The distribution shows the ages of 100
people who watched Jessica’s concert.

Calculate the mean age of the concert

goers.

Age (as of last

10 ≤ x ≤ 15 15 ≤ x ≤ 20 20 ≤ x ≤ 25 25 ≤ x ≤ 30
birthday)
Number of
People 18 46 25 11