Measures of Central Tendency

MEAN MEDIAN MODE

 What is Median?
Defined as Middle Value/ observation in an organized list of numbers
and falls in the middle most position of the whole data.

Ungrouped DAta

Median value in an ungrouped data is determined by first arranging the numbers in value order from lowest to highiest or
vice versa
Median
Example 1.

1. A college Professor at a certain University assigns statistics practice problems to be worked via the
net. Students must use a secret code to access the problems and the time of log in and log out are
automatically recorded for the professor. At the end of the week, the professor examines the amount
of time each student spent solving the assigned problems. Find the median, the data is provided
below in minutes.

Solution:
15, 28, 25, 48, 22, 43, 39, 44, 43, 49, 34, 22, 33, 27, 25, 22, 30

15, 22, 22, 22, 25, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 39, 43, 43, 44, 48, 49
Therefore, the median number of the given data in the problem is 30
 Example 2.
The speed of the 10 stenographers In typing per minute are as follows

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Stenographer
121 110 120 119 112 121 118 115 107 115
Speed
Determined the median of the speed of the stenographers

A. First arrange the data in ascending or descending order

107, 110, 112, 115, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 121

107, 110,112, 115, 115, 118, 119, 120,121,121

n=115+118
=233
2
n=116.5
Grouped Data: N- CF
2 B
X=LB +
MC cf
MC

Formula for the median for grouped data

Where: LB =exact lower class boundary of the median class
MC

CF =less than comulative frequency below the median class

B
f =class frequency
CF
MC = frequency of the median class

Steps:
a. Compute for the CF of the data
b. Determine the median class by computing for the value of N
2
c. Locate the computed value for N at the less than CF column (must be within one of the less than
CF).The interval corresponding to this less than value is the median class.
d. Look at the less than corresponding to the median class then get the less than before the median class
e. Subtract the less than from N
2
f. Divide the answer in step E by the frequency of the median class
g. Multiply the answer in step F by value of I. To determine the value of I, subtract the lower limit from the upper limit
in any of the class intervals then add 1-ONE.
h. Add the answer in step G to the exact lower limit (LM of the median class. The answer in this
MC)
step in median value of the data set.

Example
1. Time in Seconds Frequency
51-55 2
56-60 7
61-65 8
66-70 4
21
a. Compute the less than CF

Time in Seconds Frequency Less than comulative Frequency

51-55 2 2
56-60 7 9
61-65 8 17
66-70 4 21
N=21
`

b. Determine the median class by computing for the value of N

2
N = 21 =10.5
2 2
c. Locate the computed value for N at the less than column must be within one of the less than CF. The interval
corresponding to this less than value is the median class

Time in Seconds Frequency Less than comulative frequency

51-55 2 2
56-60 7 9
10.5 10.5 10.5

61-65 8 17
66-70 4 21
N=21

d. Look at the less than CF corresponding to the median class. Then get the less than CF before the median class is 9
e. Subtract the less than CF from N
2
N- CF =10.5-9 = 1.5
2 b
f. Divide the answer in step E by the frequency of the median class
1.5 = 0.1875
8
g. Multiply the answer in step F by the value of I To determine the value of I, subtract the lower limit from the
upper limit in any of the class intervals then add 1-ONE.

i classize
I = 65-61 = 4+1 =5
0.1875*5 = 0.9375
h. Add the answer in step G to the exact lower limit (LB of the median class. The answer in this step is the
mc
median value of the data set.

60.5+0.9375=61.44
What is MODE?
MODE
The number/value/observation in a data set which appears the most number of times.

Ungrouped Data:

Example:

15, 28, 25, 48, 22, 43, 39, 44, 43, 49, 34, 22, 33, 27, 25, 22, 30

15, 22, 22, 22, 25, 25, 27,28, 30, 33, 34, 39, 43, 43, 44, 48,49
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