Mean Deviation

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Mean Deviation: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Mean Deviation, Mean Deviation for Ungrouped Distribution (An Individual Series), Mean Deviation for Ungrouped Frequency Distribution : Discrete Frequency Distribution, etc.

Important Questions on Mean Deviation

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Find the mean deviation(in decimal) about the mean for the following data:

6,8, 4, 13, 9, 5, 16, 19.

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From the following data, find the line of regression of x on y and estimate the value of x, if y=90:

  x y
Arithmetic mean 18 100
Standard deviation 14 20

Coefficient of correlation r between x and y is 0.8.

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Find the coefficient of correlation between x and y from the following data:

x 65 66 67 67 68 69 70
y 67 68 65 68 72 72 69

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mean deviation from the mean for the data

4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 17 is _____

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If the variables x and y are related by 2 x+5 y=13 and if x¯=5, mean deviation of x about its mean is 3, find the mean deviation about the mean of y.

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Two variables x and y an related by 3 y=2 x-43.2. If mean deviation about the median of x is 3.2 find the mean deviation about the median of y .

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Two variables x and y are related by x5+y3=-22. If mean deviation about mean of x is 25, find the mean deviation about mean of y.

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If  3 x+7 y=21 is the relation between two variables x and y and MD of x about its mean is 3, calculate the MD of y about its mean.

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There are 9 terms in a sequence which is in descending order. Its mean value is 90. If we add 50 to each term and then each term is divided by 3, we get a new mean M. What is the difference between M and the original mean?

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At the end of the year, Mahesh analysed his last five-month salary figures. He found the mean and median salary figures as Rs. 6 lacs and the only mode salary figure as Rs. 8 lacs. If all his salaries are in lacs then what is the sum of the highest and the lowest salary earned by him?

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The mean deviation from the median for the following distribution (corrected to two decimals) is

xi 6 9 3 12 15 13 21 22
fi 4 5 3 2 5 4 4 3

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The mean deviation about the mean for the following data is: 

xi 2 4 5 7 9
fi 2 4 10 8 6

 

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The mean deviation from the mean of the series (a), (a+d), (a+2d),,(a+2nd) is

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

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

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

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The mean deviation of the data 3, 10, 10, 4, 7, 10, 5 is:

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

xi 20 21 22 23 24
fi 6 4 5 1 4

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

xi 10 30 50 70 90
fi 4 24 28 16 8

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

36, 72, 46, 42, 60, 45, 53, 46, 51, 49.

Write the answer in decimal form.