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Geometric Mean & Harmonic Mean

Here are the steps to find the arithmetic mean (A.M), geometric mean (G.M) and harmonic mean (H.M) for the given data: 1) To find A.M: Age range (x) = 2-4, 4-6, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12 Frequency (f) = 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 Σ(xf) = (2*2)+(4*4)+(6*5)+(8*3)+(12*1) = 56 Total frequency (Σf) = 2 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 15 A.M = Σ(xf)/Σf = 56

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Geometric Mean & Harmonic Mean

Here are the steps to find the arithmetic mean (A.M), geometric mean (G.M) and harmonic mean (H.M) for the given data: 1) To find A.M: Age range (x) = 2-4, 4-6, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12 Frequency (f) = 2, 4, 5, 3, 1 Σ(xf) = (2*2)+(4*4)+(6*5)+(8*3)+(12*1) = 56 Total frequency (Σf) = 2 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 15 A.M = Σ(xf)/Σf = 56

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Geometric Mean

A geometric mean is often used when comparing different items—finding a single


"figure of merit" for these items—when each item has multiple properties that
have different numeric ranges. For example, the geometric mean can give a
meaningful "average" to compare two companies which are each rated at 0 to 5 for
their environmental sustainability, and are rated at 0 to 100 for their financial
viability. If an arithmetic mean were used instead of a geometric mean, the
financial viability is given more weight because its numeric range is larger—so a
small percentage change in the financial rating (e.g. going from 80 to 90) makes a
much larger difference in the arithmetic mean than a large percentage change in
environmental sustainability (e.g. going from 2 to 5).
Geometric Mean
FORMULA (for ungrouped data):
σ 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥
𝐺. 𝑀 = 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔
𝑛

Example no.1:
Find the Geometric Mean of the numbers 50, 35, 120, 70, 85, 8
Geometric Mean
𝒙 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒙
Solution:
50 1.69897
σ 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥 35 1.54407
𝐺. 𝑀 = 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔
𝑛 120 2.07918
70 1.84510
9.99979
𝐺. 𝑀 = 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔 = 46.41 85 1.92942
6
8 0.90309
Total 9.99979
Geometric Mean
Example no.2:
Find the Geometric Mean for the following frequency distribution:

𝒙 12 13 15 18 20 21
𝒇 2 5 5 4 3 1
Geometric Mean
Solution: 𝒙 𝒇 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒙 𝒇 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝒙
σ 𝑓 log 𝑥
𝐺. 𝑀 = 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔 12 2 1.07918 2.15836
σ𝑓
13 5 1.11394 5.56971
23.8549 15 5 1.17609 5.88045
𝐺. 𝑀 = 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔
20
18 4 1.25527 5.02109
𝐺. 𝑀 = 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔[1.19274] 20 3 1.30102 3.90308
21 1 1.32221 1.32221
𝑮. 𝑴 = 𝟏𝟓. 𝟓𝟖619 Total 20 23.8549
HARMONIC MEAN
Use the harmonic mean when your sample contains fractions and/or
extreme values (either too big or too small). It is more stable regarding
outliers. For example: the arithmetic mean of (1,2,3,4,5,100) is 19.2
whereas the harmonic one is 2.58

FORMULA (ungrouped data):

𝑛
𝐻. 𝑀 =
1
σ
𝑥
HARMONIC MEAN
Example no.1:
Calculate the Harmonic Mean of the numbers 15, 25, 28, 33, 43
𝟏
Solution: 𝒙
𝑛 𝒙
𝐻. 𝑀 = 15 0.06667
1
σ
𝑥 25 0.04000
5 28 0.03571
𝐻. 𝑀 = = 𝟐𝟓. 𝟓𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟏
0.19593 33 0.03030
43 0.02325
Total 0.19593
HARMONIC MEAN
Example no.2:
Find the Harmonic Mean for the following frequency distribution:
𝒙 41 42 44 49 50
𝒇 2 5 8 7 3

Solution:
𝒇
𝒙 𝒇
𝒙
σ𝑓
𝐻. 𝑀 = 41 2 0.04878
𝑓
σ 42 5 0.119047
𝑥
44 8 0.18181
25 49 7 0.14285
𝐻. 𝑀 = = 𝟒𝟓. 𝟐𝟓
0.55248 50 3 0.06000
Total 25 0.55248
EXAMPLE QUESTION
Find A.M, G.M and H.M for the following data:
Age in Years 2-4 4-6 6-8 8 - 10 10 – 12
No. of Children 2 4 5 3 1

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