Unit 3: Mathematics for AI

1. Introduction to Matrices
Matrix (or linear algebra) is also called the mathematics of data. It is arguably the pillar of the study of
Artificial Intelligence and therefore this topic is advised as a prerequisite prior to getting started with
the study of Artificial Intelligence.

Terminology related to Matrices

1. Order of matrix – If a matrix has 3 rows and 4 columns, order of the matrix is 3*4 i.e. row*column
2. Square matrix – The matrix in which the number of rows is equal to the number of columns
3. Diagonal matrix – A matrix in which all the non-diagonal elements equal to 0 is called a
diagonal matrix
4. Upper triangular matrix – Square matrix where all the elements below the diagonal is equal to
0
5. Lower triangular matrix – Square matrix where all the elements above the diagonal equal to 0
6. Scalar matrix – Square matrix where all the diagonal elements equal to some constant k
7. Identity matrix – Square matrix where all the diagonal elements equal to 1 and all the non-
diagonal elements equal to 0
8. Column matrix – The matrix which consists of only 1 column. Sometimes, it is used to
represent a vector.
9. Row matrix – A matrix consisting only of row.
10. Trace – It is the sum of all the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

The followings topics will be dealt with under Matrix:

1.1. Types of Matrix
1.2. Matrix Operations
1.3. Vector and Vector Arithmetic
1.4. Matrices and Matrix Arithmetic
1.1 Matrix

How do you define a Matrix?

When we represent a set of numbers in the form of ‘M’ horizontal line (called rows) and ‘N’
vertical line (called columns), this arrangement is called m x n (m by n) matrix.

If A= | 1 2 3|
|4 5 6|
|7 8 9|

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The top row is row 1. The leftmost column is column 1. This matrix is a 3x3 matrix because it
has three rows and three columns. In describing matrices, the format is:

rows X columns
Each number that makes up a matrix is called an element of the matrix. The elements in a matrix
have specific locations.
The upper left corner of the matrix is [row 1 x column 1]. In the above matrix the element at
row 1 column 1 is the value 1. The element at [row 2 x column 3] is the value 6.

Quick Question
Question 1: What is the location of value 8?
Question 2: What is the value at location row 3 x column 2?

Activity 1

Can you try to represent the following sum in matrix format:

Mohan purchased 3 Math books, 2 Physics books and 3 Chemistry books. Sohan purchased 8
Math books, 7 Physics books and 4 Chemistry books.

3 2 3
8 7 4 2 x 3 matrix

1.1. Types of Matrix

1. Row Matrix: Matrix with only one row.

A = [1 3 -5]

2. Column Matrix: Matrix with only one column.

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A= [ 3 ]
−5

3. Square Matrix: A matrix in which number of rows are equal to number of columns.

A= | 1 2 3|
|4 5 6|
|7 8 9|

Rows = 3 and Column = 3, so this is square matrix.

4. Diagonal Matrix: A matrix with all elements zero except its leading diagonal.

A= | 2 0 0|
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 | 0 3 0|
| 0 0 4|
5. Scalar Matrix: A matrix in which all the diagonal elements are equal and all other
elements are zero.

A= |5 0 0|
|0 5 0|
| 0 0 5|

And if all diagonal element is unity (1) and all other non-diagonal element is equal to
zero, this matrix is called Unit matrix.

A= |1 0 0|
|0 1 0|
|0 0 1|
1.2. Matrix Operations

Following are the 3 types of operations, that we perform frequently on matrices

1. Transpose
Transpose of a matrix creates a new matrix with number of rows and columns flipped
This is denoted by the superscript T next to the matrix AT.
C = AT.
A= |1 2|
|3 4|
|5 6|

AT = |1 3 5 |

|2 4 6|
Inverse
For matrices, there is no such thing as division. You can add, subtract or multiply but you can’t
divide them. There is a related concept, which is called "inversion".
Matrix inversion is a process that finds another matrix that when multiplied with the matrix,
results in an identity matrix. Given a matrix A, find matrix B, such that
AB = I n or BA = I n
AB = BA = I n
Calculating inverse of matrix is slightly complicated, so let us use Inverse matrix calculator
2. Determinant
Every square matrix can be expressed using a number which is known as it determinant.
If A = [aif] is a square matrix of order n, then determinant of A is denoted by det A or |𝐴| .
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To find the value assigned to determinant we can expand it along any row or column.
Explanation: let us take a 2 x 2 matrix -
|a b|
A= | c d|
The determinant is: |A| = ad − bc
Example 1
If A= | 2 4|
|3 8|

|A| = 2 x 8 – 4 x 3
= 16 – 12
=4
Example 2: A= | 6 1 1|
|4 -2 5|
|2 8 7 |

|A|= 6× (−2×7 − 5×8) − 1× (4×7 − 5×2) + 1× (4×8 − (−2×2))

= 6× (−54) − 1× (18) + 1× (36)
= −306

Similarly, we can expand matrix to calculate its determinant.

There are 2 more matrices operations i.e. Trace and Rank, which students are advised to
explore themselves.
1.3. Vector and Vector Arithmetic
Vectors are foundation of linear algebra. Vectors are used throughout the field of machine
learning in the description of algorithms and processes such as the target variable (y) when
training an algorithm.
What is Vector?
The two-dimensional array-expression enclosed in brackets is a matrix while the one-
dimensional array expression in brackets are column vectors or simply vectors.
1.3.1. Vector Arithmetic

1. Vector Addition
Vectors of equal length can be added to create a new vector
x=y+z
The new vector has the same length as the other two.
X = (y1 + z1, y 2 + z 2, y3 + z3 )
2. Vector Subtraction
Vector of unequal length can be subtracted from another vector of equal length to create a new
third vector.
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 x=x−y
As with addition, the new vector has the same length as the parent vectors and each element
of the new vector is calculated as the subtraction of the elements at the same indices.
X = (y1 - z1, y 2 - z 2, y3 - z3)

3.Vector Multiplication
If we perform a scaler multiplication, there is only one type operation – multiply the scaler
with a scaler and obtain a scaler result,
axb=c
But vector has a different story, there are two different kinds of multiplication - the one in
which the result of the product is scaler and the other where the result of product is vector
(there is third one also which gives tensor result, but out of scope for now)
To begin, let’s represent vectors as column vectors. We’ll define the vectors A and B as the
column vectors
A= | Ax | B= | Box |
| Ay | | By |
| Az| | Bz|
Physical quantities are of two types:
Scaler: Which has only magnitude, no direction.
Vector: Which has both in it – magnitude and direction.
This is the first type of vector multiplication, called dot product, written as A.B. The vector dot
product, multiplication of one vector by another, gives scaler result.
[Where do we use it in AI – This operation is used in machine learning to calculate
weight. Please refer “weight” in the Unit 2: Deep Learning]
If i = unit vector along the direction of x -
axis j = unit vector along the direction of y
-axis k = unit vector along the direction of z
-axis
Vector Dot Product
If there are 2 vectors, vector a = a 1i + a2j + a3k
And vector b = b1i + b2j + b3k
Their dot product a.b = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3

And their cross product,

axb= |i j k |
| a1 a2 a3 |

| b1 b2 b3 |

= [ (a2b3 - a3b2) i - (a1b3 - a3b1) j - (a1b2 - a2b1) k]

Example 1
Calculate the dot product of a= (1,2,3) and b= (4, −5,6).
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Using the formula for the dot product of three-dimensional vectors,
a. b = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3,
we calculate the dot product to be
a⋅b=1(4) + 2(−5) + 3(6) = 4−10+18 = 12.

Practice Sum -1: Calculate the dot product of c = (−4, −9) and d = (−1,2).
1.4. Matrix and Matrix Arithmetic
Matrices are a foundational elements of linear algebra. Matrices are used in machine learning
to processes the input data variable when training a model.
1.4.1. Addition of matrices
A and B are two matrices of order m x n (means it has m rows and n columns), then their sum
A+B is a matrices of order m x n, is obtained by adding corresponding elements of A and B.
| 12 1 | B = | 8 9 |
A= | 3 -5 | -1 4 |
A + B = | 12+8 1+9 | | 20 10 |
| 3 + (-1) -5 + 4 | = |2 -1 |
1.4.2. Multiplication of a matrix by a scalar
Let A = [a if] be an m x n matrix and K be any number called a scalar. Then matrix obtained by
multiplying scalar K is denote by K A
If A = | 12 1 |
| 3 -5 | and K = 2

Then K A = = | 24 2 |
| 6 -10 |

1.4.3. Multiplication of Matrices

Two matrices with the same size can be multiplied together, and this is often called element-
wise matrix multiplication
Two matrices A and B can be multiplied (for the product AB) if the number of columns in
A (Pre- multiplier) is same as the number of rows in B (Post multiplier).
If A = [a if]mxn , B = [bif]nxp

Pre multiplier Post multiplier

Then A B = [c if] mxp

A= | 2 -3 4 | and B=
| 2 5|
| 3 6 -1 | | -1 0 |
| 4 -2 |
They are meet the condition for matrix multiplication.
Now we use to multiply them A and B matrix as
(first row of A) X First column of B
(first Row of A) X second column of B
(second row of A) X (first column of B)
(second row of A) X (second column of B)
For example
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AB = | (2x2) + (-3 x -1) + (4 x 4) (2x5) + (-3 x 0) + (4x -2) |
| (3 x 2) + (6 x -1) + (- 1 x 4) (3 x 5) + (6 x 0) + (-1 x -2) |
= | 4+3+16 10+0-8 |
| 6 -6 -4 15 + 0 +2 |
= | 23 2 |
|- 4 17 |

2. Set Theory: Introduction to Data Table Joins

Many a times, you might have heard your teachers saying mathematics is the foundation of
Computer Science and you must have started thinking – how? Did this question ever cross your
mind?
In this module, we will try to explain the confluence of Set theory, which is a branch of
mathematics, and relational database (RDBMS), which is the part of the computer science. A
lot of things are going to come together today, because we are going to learn how set theory
principles are helping in data retrievals from database, which in turn is going to be used by AI
model for its training. The important topics which we are going to cover in this strand are as
below:
2.1. Context setting – Set theory and Relational Algebra
2.2. Set Operations
2.3. Data Tables Join (SQL Joins)
2.4. Practice Questions
2.1 Context Setting: Set Theory and Relational Algebra
Before we get into the actual relation between Set and Database of sets, we first need to
understand what do these terms refer to.
A Set is an unordered collection of objects, known as elements or members of the set. An
element ‘a’ belongs to a set A can be written as ‘a ∈ A’, ‘a ∉ A’ denotes that a is not an element
of the set A. So set is a mathematical concept and the way we relate sets to other sets, is called
set theory.
Set of even numbers: {..., -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, ...}
Set of odd numbers: {..., -3, -1, 1, 3, ...}
Set of prime numbers: {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, ...}
Set of names of grade X students: {‘A’, ‘X’, ‘B’, ‘H’,...............}

We use database (like Oracle, MS SQL server, MySql etc.) to store digital data. Database is
made up of several components, of which table is the most important. Database stores the
data in the table. Without tables, there would not be must significance of the DBMS.
For example, student database and its 2 tables

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Please see the records in the ‘Activity Table’, does this information make any meaning - No?
But if you combine the information from the 2 tables - ‘Students Table’ and ‘Activities Table’,
you get a meaning information.
For example, student John Smith, participated in swimming and he must have paid $17.
The data in the table of database are of limited values unless the data from different tables are
combined and manipulated to generate useful information. And from here, the role of
relational algebra begins.
Relational algebraic is a set of algebraic operators and rules that manipulates the relational
tables to yield desired information. Relational algebra takes relation (table) as their operands
and returns relation (table) as their results. Relational algebra consists of eight operators:
SELECT, PROJECT, JOIN, INTERSECT, UNION, DIFFERENCE, PRODUCT, AND DIVIDE.

Here are the simplifies definitions of these eight operators:

1. SELECT also known as RESTRICT, yields values for all the rows found in a table that satisfy a
given condition. SELECT yields a horizontal subset of a table as shown in the above diagram.
2. PROJECT yields all values for selected attributes. PROJECT yields a vertical subset of a table.
Please refer the above picture.
3. PRODUCT yields all possible pairs of rows from two tables- also known as Cartesian product.
Therefore, if one table has three rows and the other table has two, the PRODUCT yields a list
composed of 3 x 2= 6 rows as shown in the picture.
4. JOIN allows the combination of two or more tables based on common attributes. Please
refer the above picture.
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5. UNION returns a table containing all records that appear in either or both of the specified
tables as shown in the diagram.
6. INTERSECTION returns only those rows that appears in both tables, see the diagram above.
7. DIFFERENCE returns all rows in one table that are not found in the other table, that is,
it subtracts one table from the other, a shown in the diagram above.
8. DIVIDE is typically required when you want to find out entities that are interacting with all
entities of a set of different type entities.
Say for example, if want to find out a person who has account in all the bank of a city?
The division operator is used when we have to evaluate queries which contain the keyword
‘all’. Division is not supported by SQL directly. However, it can be represented using other
operations (like cross join, Except, In)
2.2. Set Operations
When two or more sets combined together to form another set under the mathematical
principles of sets, the process of combining of sets is called set operations.
To keep the process simple, let us assume two small sets:
A = {2 ,3 ,4} and B = {3,4,5}
Keeping these two sets as our example, let us perform four important set operations:
i) Union of Sets (U)
Union of the sets A and B is the set, whose element are distinct element of set A or Set B or
both.
A U B = {2, 3, 4, 5}
ii) Interpretation of Sets
Intersection of set A and set B is the set of elements belongs to both A and B.
A∩B = {3, 4}
iii) Complement of the Sets
Complement of a set A is the set of all elements except A, which means all elements except A.

= {5}
iv) Set Difference
Difference between sets is denoted by ‘A – B’, is the set containing elements of set A but not in
B. i.e. all elements of A except the element of B.
A – B = {2}
v) Cartesian Product
Remember the term used when plotting a graph, like axes (x-axis, y-axis). For example, (2, 3)
depicts that the value on the x-plane (axis) is 2 and that for y is 3 which is not the same as (3,
2).
The way of representation is fixed that the value of the x- coordinate will come first and then
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that for y (ordered way). Cartesian product means the product of the elements say x and y in
an ordered way.
A and B are two non-empty sets, then the Cartesian product of two sets, A and set B is the
set of all ordered pairs (a, b) such that a ∈A and b∈B which is denoted as A × B.
A x B = {(2,3) ;(2,4) ;(2,5) ;(3,3) ;(3,4) ;(3,5) ;(4,3) ;(4,4) ;(4,5)}
2.3. Data Tables Join (SQL Joins)
You may have understood by now that relational databases are based almost entirely upon set
theory. In fact, if you’ve ever worked with or SQL queried a database you’re probably familiar
with the idea of finding records from a database tables. Finding records from a database tables
is nothing but some form of set operations.
Look at the diagram below, all possible table join operations have been summarized here for
your quick reference:

In a database, information is stored in various tables. In order to retrieve a meaningful

information about an entity, all concerned tables need to be joined.
What do we mean in fact by joining tables? Joining tables is essentially a Cartesian product
followed by a selection criterion (did you notice, set theory operation. JOIN operation also
allows joining variously related records from different relations (tables).

Different types of JOINs

(All INNER and OUTER keywords are optional)
1. (INNER) JOIN
Select records that have matching values in both tables.

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 In an inner join, only those tuples that satisfy the matching criteria are included, while the
rest are excluded. Let's study various types of Inner Joins.
2. LEFT (OUTER) JOIN
Select records from the first (left-most) table with matching right table records.

In the left outer join, operation allows keeping all tuple in the left relation. However, if there is
no matching tuple is found in right relation, then the attributes of right relation in the join
result are filled with null values.
3. RIGHT (OUTER) JOIN
Select records from the second (right-most) table with matching left table records.

In the right outer join, operation allows keeping all tuple in the right relation. However, if
there is no matching tuple is found in the left relation, then the attributes of the left
relation in the join result are filled with null values.
4. FULL (OUTER) JOIN
Selects all records that match either left or right table records.

In a full outer join, all tuples from both relations are included in the result, irrespective of the
matching condition.

3. Simple Statistical Concepts

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I won’t be wrong if I say, Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning / Deep Learning) is an engine
that needs data as fuel, so data is the primary building block of AI. And to understand data,
statistics is the key.
The purpose of this module is not to replace the statistics that you will study as a part of
Mathematics in your school, but to introduce you to statistics for the perspective of the
Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning.
This module on statistics, is divided into the following parts:
3.1. Measure of Central Tendency
3.2. Variance and Standard Deviation
3.3. Activities
3.1. Measure of Central Tendency
Statistics is the science of data, which is in fact a collection of mathematical techniques that
helps to extract information from data. For the AI perspective, statistics transforms
observations into information that you can understand and share. You will learn more about
statistics and statistical methods in your next level i.e. Level-2.

3.1.1. Mean
In statistics, the mean (more technically the arithmetic mean or sample mean) can be
estimated from a sample of examples drawn from the domain. It is a quotient obtained by
dividing the total of the values of a variable by the total number of their observations or items.

If we have n values in a data set and they have values x1, x2, x3 …, the sample mean,
M = (x1 + x2 + x3 …xn) / n
And if we need to calculate the mean of a grouped
data, M = ∑fx / n
Where M = Mean
∑ = Sum total of the scores
f = Frequency of the distribution
x = Scores
n = Total number of cases
Example 1
The set S = { 5,10,15,20,30},
Mean of set S = 5+10+15+20+30/5 = 80/5 = 16
Example 2
Calculate the mean of the following grouped data

Class
Frequency

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 2-4 3

4-6 4

6–8 2

8 – 10 1

Solution

Mid
Class Frequency (f) value (x) f⋅x

2 -4 3 3 9

4-6 4 5 20

6–8 2 7 14

8–
1 9 9
10

n=10 ∑f⋅x=52

Mean (M) = ∑fxn / n

=52 / 10
= 5.2
When to use Mean?
1. Mean is more stable than the median and mode. So that when the measure of
central tendency having the greatest stability is wanted mean is used.
2. When you want to includes all the scores of a distribution
3. When you want your result should not be affected by sampling data.
When not to use the mean
1. The mean has one main disadvantage: it is particularly susceptible to the influence of
outliers. These are values that are unusual compared to the rest of the data set by
being especially small or large in numerical value.
For example, consider the wages of staff at a factory below:

Staff 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Salar 15 18 16 14 15 15 12 17 90 95
y k k k k k k k k k k
Mean = Total Salary / Number of Staffs

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 = 307 / 10
= 30.7 K
The mean salary for these ten staff is INR 30.7k. However, inspecting the raw data suggests
that this mean value might not be the best way to accurately reflect the typical salary of a
worker, as most workers have salaries in the INR 12k to INR 18k range. The mean is being
skewed by the two large salaries.
3.1.2. Median
The median is another measure of central tendency. It is positional value of the variables
which divides the group into two equal parts one part comprising all values greater than
median and other part smaller than median.
Following series shows marks in mathematics of students learning AI
17 32 35 15 21 41 32 11 10 20 27 28 30

We arrange this data in an ascending or descending order.

10, 11, 15, 17, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30, 32, 32, 35, 40
As 27 is in the middle of this data position wise, therefore Median = 27
How to find median values?
Use Case 1
In case of ungrouped data, the scores are arranged in order of size. Then the midpoint is found
out, which is the median. In this process two situations arise in computation of median, (a) N is
odd (b) N is even First we shall discuss how to compute median (Mdn) when N is odd.
Step by Step Process for Finding the Median -
Step 1: Put the numbers in numerical order from smallest to largest.
Step 2: If there is an odd number of numbers, locate the middle number so that there is an
equal number of values to the left and to the right. If there is an even number of numbers
locate the two middle numbers so that there is an equal number of values to the left and to
the right of these two numbers.
Step 3: If there is an odd number of numbers, this middle number is the median. If there is an
even number of numbers add the two middles and divide by 2. The result will be the median.
Example 2
In your class, 5 students scored following marks in the unit test mathematics, find median
value
18, 10, 13, 10, 17, 11, 9
Solution:
Arrange them in order - 9 , 10 , 10 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 18
Total count is odd, so median value is – 11.
Example 2
In your class, 5 students scored following marks in the unit test mathematics, find median
value: 11, 11, 14, 18, 20, 22
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Solution
They are already in order - 11, 11, 14, 18, 20, 22
Total count is in even number, so median is the average of the two-middle number
(14 + 18) / 2 = 16.

Use Case 2: Calculating median from grouped data

Calculation of a median in continuous series involves the following steps:
(i) The data arranged in ascending order of their class interval.
(ii) Frequencies are converted into commutative frequencies
(iii) Median class of the series is identified
(iv) Formula used to find actual median value
𝑁
−𝑐.𝑓
And the formula is : Median = l1+ 2 ×𝑖
𝑓

l1= Lower limit of median class

c.f= Cumulative frequency of the class preceding the median class
f= Frequency of the median class
i= Class size
Example -1:
Following distribution table is given as

Wage 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

Number 22 38 46 35 20
of
workers

To find median (M) make table as

Wage Frequency Cumulative Frequency

0-10 22 22

10-20 38 60

20-30 46 106

30-40 35 141

40-50 20 161

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 N=161

Median class = size of item

161+1
Median class = 20-30 = 81
2
(as 81 is right before 106 in cumulative frequency table, median group is 20-30 group)
Now, l1=20, c.f=60 , f=46 , n=161 , i=10
161
−60
M = 20 + 2
× 10
46
= 20 +
80.5−60
× 10
= 20 + 46

20.5
× 10
46

= 20 + 4.46
Median = 24.46

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3.1.3. Mode
Mode is another important measure of central tendency of statistical series. It is the value
which occurs most frequently in the data series. On a histogram it represents the highest bar in
a bar chart or histogram. You can, therefore, sometimes consider the mode as being the most
popular option. An example of a mode is presented below:

To Calculate the mode, different methods are described below -

(i) Inspection Method
In this method mode is determined just by observation. We use mode by inspection method in
the individual series with method involves just an inspection of the series. One is simply
identifying the value that occurs most frequently in the series such a value is called a mode.
Example 1: Age of 15 students of a class
Age (years) 22, 24, 17, 18, 17, 19, 18, 21, 20, 21, 20, 23, 22, 22, 22,22,21,24
We arrange this series in ascending order as
17,17,18,18,19,20,20,21,21,22,22,22,
An inspection of the series shows that 22 occurs most frequently
Mode=22
(ii) Mode for Frequency Distribution
For frequency distribution, the method for mode calculation is somewhat different. Here we
have to find a modal class. The modal class is the one with the highest frequency value. The
class just before the modal class is called the pre-modal class. Whereas, the class just after the
modal class is known as the post-modal class. Lastly, the following formula is applied for
calculation of mode:
Mode = l + h [(f1-f0)/(2f1-f0-f2)]
Here, l= The lower limit of the modal class
f1 = Frequency corresponding to the modal class,
f2 = Frequency corresponding to the post-modal class,

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 and f0 = Frequency corresponding to the pre-modal class
Example – 2: Calculate mode for the following data:
Class Interval 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60
Frequency 3 10 15 10 2

Answer: As the frequency for class 30-40 is maximum, this class is the modal class. Classes 20-
30 and 40-50 are pre-modal and post-modal classes respectively. The mode is:
Mode= 30 + 10× [(15-10)/ (2×15-10-10)] = 30+ 5= 35

There are two methods for calculation of mode in discrete frequency series:
(i) By inspection method - Same as above example.
(ii) Grouping method:
More than one value may command the highest frequency in the series.
In such cases grouping method of calculation is used.

In summary, when do we use mean, median and mode:

Mean Median Mode

The mean is a good measure The median is a good Mode is used when you
of the central tendency when measure of the central value need to find the
a data set contains values when the data include distribution peak and
that are relatively evenly exceptionally high or low peak may be many.
spread with no exceptionally values. The median is the
For example, it is
high or low values. most suitable measure of
important to print more
average for data classified on
of the most popular
an ordinal scale.
books; because printing
different books in equal
numbers would cause a
shortage of some books
and an oversupply of
others.

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3.2. Variance and Standard Deviation

Measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode) provide the central value of the data
set. Variance and standard deviation are the measures of dispersion (quartiles, percentiles,
ranges), they provide information on the spread of the data around the centre.
In this section we will look at two more measures of dispersion: Variance and standard
deviation.
Let us understand these two using a diagram:
Let us measure the height (at the shoulder) of 5 dogs (in millimetres)

As you can see, their heights are: 600mm, 470mm, 170mm, 430mm and 300mm.
Let us calculate their mean,
Mean = (600 + 470 + 170 + 430 + 300) / 5
= 1970 / 5
= 394 mm
Now let us plot again after taking mean height (The green Line)

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Now, let us find the deviation of dogs height from the mean height

Calculate the difference (from mean height), square them , and find the average. This average
is the value of the variance.
Variance = [ (206) 2 + (76) 2 + (-224) 2 + (36) 2 + (-94) 2] / 5
= 108520 / 5
= 21704
And standard deviation is the square root of the variance.
Standard deviation = √21704 = 147.32
I am assuming that the example above, must have given you a clear idea about the variance
and standard deviation.
So just to summarize, Variance is the sum of squares of differences between all numbers and
means.
In order to calculate variance , first, calculate the deviations of each data point from the mean,
and square the result of each .
Say, there is a data range: 2 ,4 ,4,4,5,5,7,9
Calculate the variance:
Find the mean first: (2 + 4 + 4 + 4+ 5 + 5 + 7 + 9) / 8

=5

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Then sum of square of differences between all numbers and mean =
(2-5) 2 + (4-5) 2 + (4-5) 2 + (4-5) 2 + (5-5) 2 + (5-5) 2 + (7-5) 2 + (9-5) 2
= 9 + 1 +1 + 1+ 0 +0 + 4 + 16

= 32

[Where μ is Mean, N is the total number of elements or frequency of distribution] Variance =

Average of sum of square of differences between all numbers and mean
= 32 / 8
=4
Standard Deviation is square root of variance. It is a measure of the extent to which data
varies from the mean.

Standard Deviation (for above data) = =2

Some important facts about variance and standard deviation

 A small variance indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean, and
to each other.
 A high variance indicates that the data points are very spread out from the mean,
and from one another.
 A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the
mean
2. A high standard deviation indicates that the data points are spread out over a large
range of values.
3. Visual representation of data

This module will provide an introduction about the purpose, importance and various methods
of data representation using graphs. Statistics is a science of data, so we deal with large data
volume in statistics or Artificial Intelligence. Whenever volume of data increases rapidly, an
efficient and convenient technique for representing data is needed. For a complex and large
quantity, human brain is more comfortable in dealing if represented through visual format.
And that is how the need arise for the graphical representation of data.
The important topics that we are going to cover in this module is:
3.1. Why do we need to represent data graphically?
3.2. What is a Graph?
3.3. Types of Graphs
3.1 Why do we need to represent data graphically?
There could be various reasons of representing data on graphs, few of them have been
outlined below

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  The purpose of a graph is to present data that are huge in volume or complicated to
be described in the text / tables.
 Graphs only represent the data but also reveals relations between variables and shows
the trends in data sets.
 Graphical representation helps us in analysing the data.
3.2. What is a Graph?
Graph is a chart of diagram through with data are represented in the form of lines or curve
drawn on the coordinated points and its shows the relation between variable quantities.
The are some algebraic and coordinate geometry principle which apply in drawing the graphs of
any kind.
Graphs have two axis, the vertical one is called Y-axis
and the horizontal one is called X-Axis. X and Y axis are
perpendicular to each other. The intersection of these
two axis is called ‘0’ or the Origin. On the X axis the
distances right to the origin have positive value (see fig.
7.1) and distances left to the origin have negative
value. On the Y axis distances above the origin have a
positive value and below the origin have a negative
value.

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 3.3. Types of Graphs
3.3.1 Bar Graphs
As per Wikipedia “A bar chart or bar graph is a chart or graph that presents categorical data
with rectangular bars with heights or lengths proportional to the values that they represent “.
It is a really good way to show relative sizes of different variables.
There are many characteristics of bar graphs that make them useful. Some of these are that:
 They make comparisons between different variables very easy to see.
 They clearly show trends in data, meaning that they show how one variable is affected
as the other rises or falls.
 Given one variable, the value of the other can be easily determined.
Example 1
The percentage of total income spent under various heads by a family is given below.

Different House
Food Clothing Health Education Miscellaneous
Heads Rent

% Age of
Total 40% 10% 10% 15% 20% 5%
Number

Represent the above data in the form of bar graph.

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3.3.2 Histogram
Histogram is drawn on a natural scale in which the representative frequencies of the different
class of values are represented through vertical rectangles drawn closed to each other.
Measure of central tendency, mode can be easily determined with the help of this graph.
Histogram is easy to draw and simple to understand but it has one limitation that we cannot
plot more than one data distribution on the same axis as histogram.
Example 1
Below is the waiting time of the customer at the cash counter of a bank branch during peak
hours. You are required to create a histogram based on the below data.

Represent the above data in the form of a histogram

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3.3.3. Scatter Plot
Scatter plots is way to represent the data on the graph which is similar to line graphs. A line
graph uses a line on an X-Y axis, while a scatter plot uses dots to represent individual pieces of
data. In statistics, these plots are useful to see if two variables are related to each other. For
example, a scatter chart can suggest a linear relationship (i.e. a straight line).

There is no line but dots are representation the value of variables on the graph.
Scatter plot is most frequently used data plotting technique in machine learning.
When should we use scatter plot:

 It is used to observe relationship between two numeric variables. The dots on the plot
not only denotes value of variable but also the patterns, when data taken as whole.
 Scatter plot is a useful tool for the correlation. Relationships between variables can be
described in many ways: positive or negative, strong or weak, linear or nonlinear.

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4. Introduction to Dimensionality of Data
4.1. Data Dimensionality
Dimensionality in statistics refers to how many attributes a dataset has. There is a sample
students dataset with four attributes ( columns ) , so this student dataset is of 4 dimensions.

Students Dataset

Name Age Class Address

X 16 XII New Delhi

So if you have a data-set having n observations (or rows) and m columns (or features), then
your data is m-dimensional.

The dimension of dataset can change without forcing change in another dimension. We can
change the age of students without changing class or address, for example.

Let us take one more to understand the dimensionality of data

If you remember the ‘colour channel’ topic of computer vision in Unit-2. The colour image is
expressed by three colour (or by three numbers) - Red, Green and Blue.
For example, Orange colour has Red value – 255, Green value – 165 and Blue value – 0. Orange
would not be the result if one of these value was different.
We can say, Orange colour space is three dimensional because there are three directions in
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Combination of these three colours (numbers: 0 – 255 ) ultimately decides the colour, hence
we say that colour space is three-dimensional because there are three “directions” in which a
colour can vary.

Example of Data dimensionality for AI

We know recognizing face or an object is one of the major AI function. The image is stored in
the form of pixels. If we consider, each pixel as a variable, then n images can reside in 2D space
i.e. y x z space. And then we give computer a set images (residing in y x z plane) for training,
using which AI software recognize new objects. Having said that, using dimensionality of data,
AI software differentiate between human face to animal face or something like that.

4.2. Data Representation on Graph

Before we move further, let us understand the basics of data representation on the graph

Quadrants - I

Quadrants - IV

Co-ordinates on the graphs:

 Move forward on the X-axis for positive value

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  Move backward on the X-axis for negative axis

 Move up on the Y-axis for positive value

 Move down on the X – axis for the negative value

Please look at the above diagram of the graph and try to reason out why
i) (6, 4) is in first quadrant
ii) ( -6, 4) is in second quadrant
iii) ( -6, -4) is in third quadrant
iv) (6, -4) is in the fourth quadrant
4.3. Multi-Dimensional Data and Graph
Use Case 1
Let us assume a data set of 1-Dimension
Students Dataset
Age

16

15

14

The graphical line will a straight line

Use Case 2
Let us take 2-Dimensional data
Students Dataset
Age Marks

16 91

15 85

14 93

Cartesian coordinates can go:

 left-right, and

 up-down
So any position needs two numbers.
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Use Case 3
Let us take 3-Dimensional data
Students Dataset
Age Maths Marks Science Marks

16 91 92

15 85 90

14 93 72

How do we locate a spot in the real world (such as the tip of your nose)? We need to know:

 left-right,

 up-down, and

 forward-backward
that is three numbers, or 3 dimensions!

5. Simple Linear Equation and Regression

Linear regression is perhaps one of the most well-known and well understood algorithms in
statistics and machine learning.
Use Case 1
Have you ever come across such situations like?

 Impact of 12th score on college admission

 Impact of product price on number of sales

 Impact of rainfall on farming

 Impact of time of allocated by you on study to your exam performance

 Time spend in front of TV to your monthly electricity bill

What kind of situation are these? College admission (one variable) depends on other variable
i.e. 12th score. Number of sales (one variable) depends on other variable i.e. product price.
In all the situations, there are two variables – one is input variable (12th score, product price
etc.) and other one is the outcome (college admission, sales, farming etc.)
We know these two variables i.e. input and outcome are related but what is the equation of
the relation is unknown.

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Example 1
The general formula of linear equation is:

Ax + By = C

In terms of slope, this formula can be written, y = - (A / B) x + C

[We know slope m = - A / B, for a straight line]
Now let us take an example from real life to understand how linear equation behaves (slope of the
graph) with changing data point.
Suppose, the cab fare in Mumbai is: Fixed amount (x) + INR y per KM.
For a journey of 1 KM, Cab fare = x + y
Slope of straight line = -1

Cab fare revised, new fare is = Fixed amount(x) + twice the number of Km travelled
For a journey of 1 KM, cab fare = x + 2y
Slope of straight line in this case = -2

Thereby, if data points change, the slop of linear equation also changes.

We need to know that linear equation changes its path only when condition of variable changes.

Example 2
When we collect data, sometimes there are values that are "far away" from the main group
of data, how does that ‘far away’ value (called outlier) impacts the equation? What do we
do with them?
Below is the Delhi daily temperature data, recorded for a week:
Temperature recorded (degree C): 1st Week of June

Day st nd rd th th th th
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Temp. 42 44 47 30 40 43 46

The mean temperature is: 42 + 44 + 47 + 30 + 40 + 43 + 46) / 7 = 41.71

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  4th of June, it rained in Delhi and therefore temperature dipped

 The temperature on 4th, is called outlier for this dataset

 Now, let us take the outlier out, and calculate the mean
Mean (without outlier) = 43.66
Because data range is very small, even though we notice visible difference in the mean. When we
remove outliers we are changing the data, it is no longer "pure", so we shouldn't just get rid of the
outliers without a good reason! And when we do get rid of them, we should explain what we are
doing and why.
Example 1:
Let us collect a data how many hours of sunshine vs how many ice creams were sold at the shop from
Monday to Friday:
X ( hours of sunshine) Y ( Ice cream sold )

2 4

3 5

5 7

7 10

9 15

Step -1: For each (x,y) calculate x2 and xy:

X ( hours of Y ( Ice cream sold ) x2 Xy

sunshine)

2 4 4 8

3 5 9 15

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 5 7 25 35

7 10 49 70

9 15 81 135

Step 2: Sum x, y, x2 and xy (gives us Σx, Σy, Σx2 and Σxy):

X ( hours of Y ( Ice cream sold x2 Xy

sunshine) )

2 4 4 8

3 5 9 15

5 7 25 35

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 7 10 49 70

9 15 81 135

Σx = 26 Σy = 41 Σx2 = 168 Σxy = 263

Also N (number of data values) = 5

Step 3: Calculate slope m:
m = N Σ(xy) − Σx Σy / N Σ(x2) − (Σx)2

= 5 x 263 − 26 x 41 / 5 x 168 − 262

840 −− 1066
= 1315 676 /
= 249 / 164
= 1.5183.
Step 4: Calculate Intercept b:

c = Σy − m Σx / N
= 41 − 1.5183 x 26 /
5
= 0.3049...
Step 5: Assemble the equation of a line:
y = mx + c
y = 1.518 x + 0.305

X ( hours of Y ( Ice cream sold ) y = 1.518 x + 0.305 Error

sunshine)
2 4 3.34 - 0.66
3 5 4.86 - 0.14
5 7 7.89 0.89
7 10 10.93 0.93
9 15 13.97 -1.03

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Here are the (x,y) points and the line y = 1.518x + 0.305 on a graph:

Once you hear the weather forecast which says "we expect 8 hours of sun tomorrow", so you use the
above equation to estimate that you will sell
y = 1.518 x 8 + 0.305 = 12.45 Ice Creams

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