Class Interval for Continuous Data

Class interval = Upper Boundary -Lower Boundary Using table 8, the class interval for the first class = 165-160 = 5

Class Midpoint for Continuous Data

Class Midpoint = Upper Boundary + Lower Boundary 2 Using table 8, the class midpoint for the first class = 165+160 = 162.5 2

Mean for Ungrouped Frequency Distribution.

Question 1

X 27 28 29 30 31 32 Total

F 30 43 51 49 42 35 250

FX 810 1204

Calculate the mean and express your answer in the following form: a. two decimal plc b.. in standard form c. two Significant figure

Mean for Grouped Frequency Distribution :

X= Where x is the midpoint of the classes. On a certain day the number of books on 40 shelves in a library were noted and grouped as shown.

Question 2

No. of Books 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 Total

X 33 38
43 48 53 58

F (No. of Sheleves) 4 6
10 13 5 2 40

FX
132

Requirement Calculate the mean to: (a) 3 significant figure s (b) 2 decimal places

Question 3 Calculate the mean to two decimal plc

Hieght 160-165 165-170 170-175 175-180 180-185 185-190 Frequency 7 11 17 20 16 9

Median for Ungrouped Frequency Data

The steps for calculating the median for ungrouped data are as follows: Steps 1. Calculate the cumulative frequency 2. Determine whether F is odd or even and apply the appropriate formula for the median Example
X 27 28 29 30 31 32 Total F 30 43 51 49 42 35 250 Cumulative Frequency 0+30=30 30+43=73

Median =

Exercise 1
X 1 2 3 4 5 Total F 32 25 18 14 11 100

Find the median

Median for Grouped Frequency Data:

The steps for calculating the median for grouped data are as follows: Steps 1. Determine if data is discrete or continuous .This is important in calculating the class interval. Remember, for discrete data the class interval = (upper boundary lower boundary) +1 and for continuous the class interval = upper boundary lower boundary 2. Calculate the cumulative frequency 3. Determine whether F is odd or even and apply the appropriate formula for median class 4. using the )median class information, calculate the median Example
Hieght 160-165 165-170 170-175 175-180 180-185 185-190 Total Frequency 7 11 17 20 16 9 80 Cumlative Frequency 7 18

...the

Since n = 80 The median class =

Median formula : L + (n/2 -F)x i fm where L = lower limit of median class n = total frequency F= Cumulative frequency before the median class fm= Frequency of median class i = Class width of median class median =

Example

No. of Books 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 Total

F (No. of Sheleves) 4 6 10 13 5 2 40

Cumulative Frequency 4 10 20 33 38 40

Calculate the median.