MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY

A. Measures of central tendency for ungrouped data (SHOW YOUR SOLUTION)

1. Find the mean, median, and mode of each set of numbers below.
a. 3, 4, 7, 3, 5, 2, 6, 10
Array: 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Mean:
Σ𝑥𝑖
𝑥̅ =
𝑛
40
𝑥̅ =
8
𝑥̅ = 5
Median:
𝑥𝑛/2 + 𝑥(𝑛)+1
2
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑥8/2 + 𝑥(8)+1
2
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑥4 + 𝑥5
𝑀𝑑 =
2
4+5
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑀𝑑 = 4.5

Mode: 3 (unimodal)

b. 8, 10, 12, 14, 7, 16, 5, 7, 9, 11

Array: 5, 7, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16
Mean:
Σ𝑥𝑖
𝑥̅ =
𝑛
99
𝑥̅ =
10
𝑥̅ = 9.9
Median:
𝑥𝑛/2 + 𝑥(𝑛)+1
2
𝑀𝑑 =
2
 𝑥10/2 + 𝑥(10)+1
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑥5 + 𝑥6
𝑀𝑑 =
2
9 + 10
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑀𝑑 = 9.5

Mode: 7 (unimodal)

c. 17, 18, 16, 17, 17, 14, 22, 15, 16, 17, 14, 12
Array: 12, 14, 14, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 22
Mean:
Σ𝑥𝑖
𝑥̅ =
𝑛
195
𝑥̅ =
12
𝑥̅ = 16.25
Median:
𝑥𝑛/2 + 𝑥(𝑛)+1
2
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑥12/2 + 𝑥(12)+1
2
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑥6 + 𝑥7
𝑀𝑑 =
2
16 + 17
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑀𝑑 = 16.5

Mode: 17 (unimodal)
2. Find the mean, median, and mode of each set of numbers below.
d. 108, 99, 112, 111, 108
Array: 99, 108, 108, 111, 112
Mean:
Σ𝑥𝑖
𝑥̅ =
𝑛
538
𝑥̅ =
5
𝑥̅ = 107.6
Median:
𝑀𝑑 = 𝑥𝑛+1
2

𝑀𝑑 = 𝑥5+1
2

𝑀𝑑 = 𝑥3
𝑀𝑑 = 108

Mode: 108 (unimodal)

e. 64, 66, 65, 61, 67, 61, 57

Array: 57, 61, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67
Mean:
Σ𝑥𝑖
𝑥̅ =
𝑛
441
𝑥̅ =
7
𝑥̅ = 63
Median:
𝑀𝑑 = 𝑥𝑛+1
2

𝑀𝑑 = 𝑥7+1
2

𝑀𝑑 = 𝑥4
𝑀𝑑 = 64

Mode: 61 (unimodal)
 f. 21, 30, 22, 16, 24, 28, 16, 17
Array: 16, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 28, 30
Mean:
Σ𝑥𝑖
𝑥̅ =
𝑛
174
𝑥̅ =
8
𝑥̅ = 21.75
Median:
𝑥𝑛/2 + 𝑥(𝑛)+1
2
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑥8/2 + 𝑥(8)+1
2
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑥4 + 𝑥5
𝑀𝑑 =
2
21 + 22
𝑀𝑑 =
2
𝑀𝑑 = 21.5

Mode: 16 (unimodal)

B. MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY FOR GROUPED DATA (SHOW YOUR

SOLUTION)

Complete the table and compute for the measures of central tendency of the given
grouped data.

Class Frequency Class Class <CF fixi

Intervals (fi) Mark (xi) Boundary

13-21 5 17 12.5 – 21.5 5 85

22-30 7 26 21.5 – 30.5 12 182

31-39 4 35 30.5 – 39.5 16 140

 40-48 9 44 39.5 – 48.5 25 396

49-57 1 53 48.5 – 57.5 26 53

58-66 2 62 57.5 – 66.5 28 124

67-75 6 71 66.5 – 75.5 34 426

n= 34 Σ𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 = 1406

1. MEAN
Σ𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖
𝑋𝐺 =
𝑛
1406
𝑋𝐺 =
34
𝑋𝐺 = 41.35

2. MEDIAN
𝑛
(2) −< 𝑐𝑓𝑏
𝑀𝑑𝐺 = 𝐿𝐶𝐵𝑚𝑑 + 𝐶 [ ]
𝑓𝑚𝑑

34
( 2 ) − 16
𝑀𝑑𝐺 = 39.5 + 9 [ ]
9

𝑀𝑑𝐺 = 40.5

3. MODE
𝑓𝑚𝑜 − 𝑓𝑏
𝑀𝑜𝐺 = 𝐿𝐶𝐵𝑚𝑜 + 𝐶 [ ]
2𝑓𝑚𝑜 − 𝑓𝑎 − 𝑓𝑏
9−4
𝑀𝑜𝐺 = 39.5 + 9 [ ]
2(9) − 1 − 4
𝑀𝑜𝐺 = 42.96