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Measure of Central Tendency

The document discusses the concept of central tendency, which includes mean, median, and mode as fundamental measures. It explains how to calculate ungrouped and grouped means, modes, and medians, along with examples of class intervals and frequencies. Additionally, it introduces quantiles and their methods, such as quartiles, deciles, and percentiles, to analyze data distributions beyond the central average.

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Measure of Central Tendency

The document discusses the concept of central tendency, which includes mean, median, and mode as fundamental measures. It explains how to calculate ungrouped and grouped means, modes, and medians, along with examples of class intervals and frequencies. Additionally, it introduces quantiles and their methods, such as quartiles, deciles, and percentiles, to analyze data distributions beyond the central average.

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Measure of Central

Tendency
Christer Arnold T. Bordon
Measure of Central Tendency
• A value which set of data will likely fall
• A value in a probability distribution
• Often called averages
• Three fundamental measures
• Mean
• Median
• Mode
Mean Ungrouped Mean Formula
• Averages a set of data
over its total number of
elements
• Denotes by x̄
• (N)Total number
• (∑X) summation of data
Ungrouped Mean Grouped Mean Formula
• Not grouped per class
interval
Grouped Mean
• Summary of values
grouped
Class Interval Class Class Mark fx
Grouped Mean Frequency(f) (x)

∑f =N= ∑fX =
Class interval Class frequency(f) Class mark(x) fx
47-51 4
52-56 3
57-61 3
62-66 4
67-71 5
72-76 3
77-81 3
82-86 1
87-91 4
N= Total fx=
Mode
Ungrouped Mode
• Element in a set
• Most number of frequencies
• Take the value with the most highest frequency
• Formula: X=count the most

Value Frequency

N=
Grouped Mode
•

Class Interval Class Frequency(i)

∑f =N=
Class interval Class frequency(f) Class mark(x)
47-51 4 4
52-56 3 7
57-61 3 10
62-66 4 14
67-71 5 19
72-76 3 22
77-81 3 25
82-86 1 26
87-91 4 30
N=
Median
Ungrouped Median
• Median or Value of the middle
• All the elements in a set of data
• Arrange ascending order
• If the set of data is odd pick the
middle value
• If it is even, take the average of the
two medians
Grouped Median
•

Class interval Class frequency(f) <Cumulative


Frequency
Class interval Class frequency(f) Class mark(x) fx
47-51 4
52-56 3
57-61 3
62-66 4
67-71 5
72-76 3
77-81 3
82-86 1
87-91 4
N= Total fx=
QUANTILES
Christer Arnold T. Bordon
Quantiles
• What if you want a distribution that is not in the center?
• Being able to recognize a quantity in a specific location in a
distribution
• For instance, we wanted to study the lifestyle of those who are at the
poor or below average income families in a population of 1000
families living in New Hampshire.
-using any central tendency method will only give us average
income/middle class families
Three Methods of Quantile
QUARTILES
•
DECILES
•
PERCENTILES
•
One Formula to rule them all
•
Class interval Class frequency(f) Class mark(x) fx
47-51 4
52-56 3
57-61 3
62-66 4
67-71 5
72-76 3
77-81 3
82-86 1
87-91 4
N= Total fx=
TO BE CONTINUED……

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