Measures of Central Tendency

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Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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Let x1,x2,x3,..,x20 be in geometric progression with x1=3 and the common ration 12. A new data is constructed replacing each xi by xi-i2. If x is the mean of new data, then the greatest integer less than or equal to x is

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An online exam is attempted by 50 candidates out of which 20 are boys. The average marks obtained by boys is 12 with a variance 2. The variance of marks obtained by 30 girls is also 2. The average marks of all 50 candidates is 15. If μ is the average marks of girls and σ2 is the variance of marks of 50 candidates, then μ+σ2 is equal to

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Let the mean and variance of four numbers 3,7, x and y (x>y) be 5 and 10 respectively. Then the mean of four numbers 3+2x, 7+2y, x+y and x-y is ______.

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Consider the following frequency distribution :

class 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency α 110 54 30 β

If the sum of all frequencies is 584 and median is 45, then |α-β| is equal to            .

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Consider the following frequency distribution:

Class: 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
Frequency: a b 12 9 5

If mean =30922 and median =14, then the value (a-b)2 is equal to

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The mean of 6 distinct observations is 6.5 and their variance is 10.25. If 4 out of 6 observations are 2,4,5 and 7, then the remaining two observations are:

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If the mean and variance of six observations 7,10,11,15,a,b are 10 and 203, respectively, then the value of |a-b| is equal to:

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The mean age of 25 teachers in a school is 40 years. A teacher retires at the age of 60 years and a new teacher is appointed in his place. If the mean age of the teachers in this school now is 39 years, then the age (in years) of the newly appointed teacher is

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If both the mean and the standard deviation of 50 observations x1, x2, , x50 are equal to 16, then the mean of x1-42, x2-42, ,x50-42 is

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If for some xR, the frequency distribution of the marks obtained by 20 students in a test is:

Marks 2 3 5 7
Frequency distribution x+12 2x-5 x2-3x x

Then the mean of the marks is :

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The mean and the median of the following ten numbers in increasing order 10, 22, 26, 29, 34, x, 42, 67, 70, y are 42 and 35 respectively, then yx is equal to:

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If the sum of the deviations of 50 observations from 30 is 50, then the mean of these observations is :

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The mean of a set of 30 observation is 75. If each observations is multiplied by non-zero number λ and then each of them is decreased by 25, their mean remains the same. Then, λ is equal to :

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The mean age of 25 teachers in a school is 40 years. A teacher retires at the age of 60 years and a new teacher is appointed in his place. If the mean age of the teachers in this school now is 39 years, then the age (in years) of the newly appointed teacher is

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A factory is operating in two shifts, day and night, with 70 and 30 workers, respectively.If per day mean wage of the day shift workers is, 54 and per day mean wage of all the workers is 60, then per day mean wage of the night shift workers (in ) is :

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The mean of a data set comprising of 16 observations is 16. If one of the observation value 16 is deleted and three new observations valued 3, 4 and 5 are added to the data, then the mean of the resultant data is

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In a set of 2n distinct observations, each of the observation below the median of all the observations is increased by 5 and each of the remaining observations is decreased by 3. Then, the mean of the new set of observations :