Mean of Grouped Data

Author:M L Aggarwal
10th CBSE
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Important Questions on Mean of Grouped Data

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Find the mean age in years from the frequency distribution given below:

 Age in years 25-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-59 No. of persons 4142216653

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If xi's are the mid-points of the class intervals of grouped data, fi's are the corresponding frequencies and x¯ is the mean, then fixi-x¯ is equal to

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While computing mean of grouped data, we assume that the frequencies are

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In the formula: x¯=a+hfiuifi, for finding the mean of grouped frequency distribution, ui=

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In the formula: x¯=a+fidifi for finding the mean of the grouped data, di's are deviations from a (assumed mean) of

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In a grouped frequency distribution, the mid-values of the classes are used to measure which of the following central tendency?

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The measure of a central tendency of a statistical data which takes into account all the data is

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The mean of the following distribution is 2.6

xi 1 2 p 4 5
fi 3 3 1 1 2

The value of p is

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The mean of the following frequency distribution is 57.6 and the sum of the observations is 50. Find the missing frequencies f1 and f2:

 Class 0-2020-4040-6060-8080-100100-120 Frequency 7f112f285

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The daily expenditure of 100 families are given below. Calculate f1 and f2, if the mean daily expenditure is 188.

 Expenditure  (in  ) 140-160160-180180-200200-220220-240 No. of families 525f1f25

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Find the mean of the following distribution: 

 Classes 4-88-1212-1616-2020-2424-2828-3232-36 Frequency 21215251812133

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Calculate the arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution:

 Class intervals 0-8080-160160-240240-320320-400 Frequency 2235442524

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The mean of a number of observations is the sum of the values of all observations divided by the ___ of observations.

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In a class test, marks obtained by 120 students are given in the following frequency distribution table. It is given that the mean is 59, find the missing frequencies x and y.

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
Number of students 1 3 7 10 15 x 9 27 18 y

 

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The mean of the following frequency distribution is 53. But the frequencies f1 and f2 in the classes 20-40 and 60-80 are missing. Find the missing frequencies.

Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 Total
Frequency 15 f1 21 f2 17 100

 

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The mean of the following frequency distribution is 62.8. Find the missing frequency x.

Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100 100-120
Frequency 5 8 x 12 7 8

 

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The arithmetic mean of the following frequency distribution is 53. Find the value of k.

Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
Frequency 12 15 32 k 13

 

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A class teacher has the following absentee record of 40 students of a class for the whole term. If the mean number of days a student was absent is k, find k.

Number of days 0-6 6-10 10-14 14-20 20-28 28-38 38-40
Number of students 11 10 7 4 4 3 1

 

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The following table gives the number of pages written by Sarika for completing her own book for 30 days:

Number of pages written per day 16-18 19-21 22-24 25-27 28-30
Number of days 1 3 4 9 13

If the mean number of pages written per day is k, find k.

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The frequency distribution table of an agricultural holding in a village is given below:

Area in hectares 1-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 13-15
Number of families 25 22 52 45 16

If the mean area held by a family is k hectares, find k.