Mean Deviation
Mean Deviation: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Mean Deviation, Mean Deviation for Ungrouped Distribution (An Individual Series), Merits & Demerits of Mean Deviation as Measure of Dispersion etc.
Important Questions on Mean Deviation
Find the mean deviation(in decimal) about the mean for the following data:
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mean deviation from the mean for the data
is _____

Find the sum of the absolute value of all the deviation for the first four multiples of .

Find the mean deviation about the median of first prime numbers.

The mean of the following set of observations is
Data:
What will be its mean deviation?

The mean and mean deviation of a set of observations is and respectively. It was later found out that one of the observations was wrongly read as instead of . What is the difference between the correct mean deviation and incorrect mean deviation?

The mean of the following set of observations is . The ratio of the missing terms is . What is the mean deviation of the following data?
Data: .

Marks of a student in differents subject are and . Find the mean deviation.


The number of pages typed by a person from January to May are and . Find mean deviation.

At the end of the year, Mahesh analysed his last five-month salary figures. He found the mean and median salary figures as and the only mode salary figure as . If all his salaries are in lacs then what is the sum of the highest and the lowest salary earned by him?

If the mean of the first positive integral multiples of is denoted by and the median of the same numbers is denoted by , then what is the value of ?

Mean deviation about the median for the following data:

The mean deviation from the mean of the series is

For calculating mean deviation, deviations cannot be taken from any average.

Calculation of mean deviation is based on observations unlike range or quartile deviation which considers only limits.

While measuring dispersion using mean deviation, the value is not affected as much by the extreme values.

Find the mean deviation from the mean for the following data. Write the answer upto 2 decimal places.

Find the mean deviation from the mean for the following data:

Calculate the mean deviation from the mean for the following data:
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Write the answer in decimal form.
