MEASURE OF CENTRAL
TENDENCY –GROUPED DATA
FORMULA
Mean Median
σ 𝒇𝒙 𝒏
ഥ=
𝒙 − 𝒄𝒇
= 𝑳𝑩 +
𝒙 𝟐 ∙𝒄
𝒏
𝒇
Mode
𝒇𝟏 − 𝒇𝟎
ෝ = 𝑳𝑩 +
𝒙 ∙𝒄
𝟐 ∙ 𝒇𝟏 − 𝒇𝟎 − 𝒇𝟐
EXAMPLE
1. Calculate Mean, Median Mode
from the following grouped data.
Class Frequency
2-4 3
4-6 4
6-8 2
8-10 1
Mean
σ 𝒇𝒙
ഥ=
𝒙
𝒏
𝟓𝟐
=
𝟏𝟎
ഥ = 𝟓. 𝟐
𝒙
Median
𝒏
− 𝒄𝒇
=𝑳+
𝒙 𝟐 ∙𝒄
𝒇
𝟓−𝟑
=𝟒+ ∙𝟐
𝟒
𝟐
=𝟒+ ∙𝟐
𝟒
=𝟒+𝟏
=𝟓
𝒙
Mode
𝒇𝟏 − 𝒇𝟎
ෝ=𝑳+
𝒙 ∙𝒄
𝟐 ∙ 𝒇𝟏 − 𝒇𝟎 − 𝒇𝟐
𝟒−𝟑
=𝟒+ ∙𝟐
𝟐∙𝟒−𝟑−𝟐
𝟏
=𝟒+ ∙𝟐
𝟑
= 𝟒 + 𝟎. 𝟔𝟔𝟔𝟕
= 𝟒. 𝟔𝟕
EXAMPLE
2. Calculate Mean, Median Mode
from the following grouped data.
Seconds Frequency
51 - 55 2
56 - 60 7
61 - 65 8
66 - 70 4
CALCULATE MIDPOINT, MIDPOINT FREQUENCY
&
CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY
Seconds Frequency Midpoint Midpoint Cumulative
f x Frequency frequency
fx cf
51 - 55 2 53 106 2
56 - 60 7 58 406 9
61 - 65 8 63 504 17
66 - 70 4 68 272 21
n=21 σ 𝑓𝑥= 1288
CALCULATE MIDPOINT, MIDPOINT FREQUENCY
&
CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY
Seconds Frequency Midpoint Midpoint Cumulative
f x Frequency frequency
fx cf
51 - 55 2 53 106 2
56 - 60 7 58 406 9
61 - 65 8 63 504 17
Median group
66 - 70 4 68 272 21
n=21 σ 𝑓𝑥= 1288
Mean
σ 𝒇𝒙
ഥ=
𝒙
𝒏
𝟏𝟐𝟖𝟖
=
𝟐𝟏
ഥ = 𝟔𝟏. 𝟑𝟑
𝒙
Median
𝑳 = 𝟔𝟎. 𝟓
𝒏 = 𝟐𝟏
𝒄𝒇 = 𝟏𝟕
𝒇=𝟖
𝒄=𝟓
Median
𝒏
− 𝒄𝒇
=𝑳+
𝒙 𝟐 ∙𝒄
𝒇
𝟐𝟏
𝟐
−𝟗
= 𝟔𝟎. 𝟓 + ∙𝟓
𝟖
= 𝟔𝟎. 𝟓 + 𝟎. 𝟗𝟑𝟕𝟓
= 𝟔𝟏. 𝟒𝟑𝟕𝟓
= 𝟔𝟏. 𝟒𝟒
𝒙