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Lect.6(0)
Lect.6(0)
i. the Range
ii. Interquartile range and
iii. Quartile deviation
i. The Range
Is the difference between the smallest and the largest values
(b) Divide the data set into 4 parts (quartiles) with the same
number of values
(d) Interquartile Range is the different btn upper and lower quartiles.
i.e. Interquartile Range = Upper Quartile – Lower Quartile
iii. Quartile Deviation
Example
Rainfall 265.3 1019.2 414.3 662.8 382.7 512.9 619.7 438.9 560.7 498.2 473.1 626.7
(mm)
Source: Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) (2017)
i. Range:
Range = 753.9
ii. Interquartile Range
1019.2, 662.8, 626.7/ 619.7, 560.9, 512.9/ 498.2, 473.1,
438.9/ 414.3, 382.7, 265.3
Equation:
These include,
i. Mean Deviation
ii. Variance and
iii. Standard Deviation
i. Mean Deviation
• Is an index which provide average amount by which
individual values deviate from the mean
= Summation notation
n = Number of values
Example:
Calculate the Mean Deviation of the data on Table 1
Month Number of Vehicles
January 215
February 431
March 690
April 745
May 419
June 226
July 338
August 642
September 169
October 912
November 91
December 402
• The mean for this data set is 440
• Tabulate your work as follows (Remember to ignore - &+ signs)
X
215 440 225 Now use the equation
431 440 9
690 440 250
745 440 305
419 440 21
226 440 214
338 440 102 Mean deviation = 2458/12
642 440 202
169 440 271
912 440 472
91 440 349 Mean deviation = 204.8
402 440 38
2458
ii. Variance
Procedures:
1.Find the mean
2.Calculate deviation of each value from the mean
3.Square the differences
4.Sum all the squares and divide by number of cases (n)
5.Take the square root of the variance
Example: Use the following data to calculate Standard
deviation; 8, 6, 3, 7, 2, 8, 1, 4, 6, 5
=5
Exercise