Measures of Central Tendency

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Measures of Central Tendency: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Measures of Central Tendency, Mean (Average) of Data, Mean for Ungrouped Distribution (An Individual Series), and Mean for Ungrouped Frequency Distribution: Discrete Frequency Distribution.

Important Questions on Measures of Central Tendency

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125,130,75,10,45,0.5,0.40,500,150,5. Calculate the geometric and the harmonic mean of the following series of monthly expenditure of a batch of students.

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 Draw a less than ogive for the following frequency distribution and find the median using ogive curve.

I QFrequency60-70270-80580-901290-10031100-11039110-12010120-1302

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 Draw a less than ogive for the following frequency distribution and find the median using ogive curve.

I QFrequency60-70270-80580-901290-10031100-11039110-12010120-1305

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What measure of central tendency is represented by the abscissa of the point where "less than ogive'   and 'more than ogive'  intersect?

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 Draw a less than ogive for the following frequency distribution and find the median using ogive curve.

I QFrequency60-70270-80580-901290-10031100-11039110-12010120-1304

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Find the harmonic mean of the following distribution of data 

 Dividend yield  (percent) 2-66-1010-14 Number of companies 16824

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Find the harmonic mean of the following distribution of data 

 Dividend yield  (percent) 2-66-1010-14 Number of companies 8824

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Find the harmonic mean of the following distribution of data 

 Dividend yield  (percent) 2-66-1010-14 Number of companies 4824

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Find the harmonic mean of the following distribution of data 

 Dividend yield  (percent) 2-66-1010-14 Number of companies 4818

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The following is the distribution of marks obtained by 105 students in a subject in an institution. Find the Geometric mean.

 Marks 4-88-1212-1616-2020-2424-2828-3232-3636-40 Number of  Students f74183015121063

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The following is the distribution of marks obtained by 109 students in a subject in an institution. Find the Geometric mean.

 Marks 4-88-1212-1616-2020-2424-2828-3232-3636-40 Number of  Students f78183015121063

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The following is the distribution of marks obtained by 108 students in a subject in an institution. Find the Geometric mean.

 Marks 4-88-1212-1616-2020-2424-2828-3232-3636-40 Number of  Students f77183015121063

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The following is the distribution of marks obtained by 107 students in a subject in an institution. Find the Geometric mean.

 Marks 4-88-1212-1616-2020-2424-2828-3232-3636-40 Number of  Students f76183015121063

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The following is the distribution of marks obtained by 106 students in a subject in an institution. Find the Geometric mean.

 Marks 4-88-1212-1616-2020-2424-2828-3232-3636-40 Number of  Students f75183015121063

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What are the merits and demerits of mode.

Also compute the mode for the following frequency distribution.

Size of items 0-4 4-8 8-12 12-16 16-20 20-24 24-28 28-32 32-36 36-40
Frequency 5 7 9 17 12 10 6 3 1 0

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What are the properties of Mode. 

Find the mode of the following distribution:

Height (in cm) 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90
Number of plants 4 3 8 11 6 2

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What are the merits and demerits of median. Calculate the median from the following distribution:

Class: 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40 40-45
Frequency: 5 6 15 10 5 4 2 2

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The marks obtained in English test by 17 students were recorded. What is the median marks of the students?

 Marks out of 50 Frequency  Cumulative frequency 0-102210-204620-3051130-4041540-50217

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In a class test, 30 students obtained marks as follows;

Marks obtained Number of students
0-10 10
10-20 15
20-30 5

Find the mode.

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In a class test, 52 students obtained marks as follows;

Marks obtained Number of students
0-10 20
10-20 32
20-30 10

Find the mode.