Mean Deviation
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, Mean Deviation of Continuous Data, 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 _____

Calculate the mean deviation about mean from the following data, relating to height (to the nearest cm) of children.
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No. of children |

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

Find the mean deviation about the mean of first natural numbers.

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

The following table represents marks obtain by the students of a class. Find the mean deviation about the mean.
Number of students | ||||
Marks |

Find the Mean deviation of the following data:
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What will be the mean deviation of a set of observation containing squares of first natural numbers?

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?

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

Find the mean deviation of the set of data .

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

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

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 ?

There are students in a class. Their marks are as follows in an exam- . What is the co-efficient of mean deviation if it is taken from the median?

Mean deviation about the median for the following data:

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

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