MEAN

DEVIATION
ARRIOLA, MANUEL JUDE

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BAANG, NEIL JOHN
LOMONDAYA, MOHAMMAD HANIF
PADENIO, MICHELLE MARIE
RODRIGUEZ, NIKKI LYN
MEAN
DEVIATION
Mean deviation is us ed to compute how far the
values in a data set are from the ce nte r point . Me an,
median, and mode all form the center points of the
data set. In other words , the me an deviation i s use d
to calculate the aver age of the abs olute deviations of
the data from the ce ntr al point . Mean deviation can
be calculated for both grouped and ungrouped data .
MEAN DEVIATION
DEFINITION
The difference between the obser ved value of a data
point and the expecte d value i s known as de viation i n
statistics . Thus , mean deviation or mean absolute
deviation i s the aver age de viation of a data point
from the mean, median, or mode of the data se t.
Mean deviation can be abbr e viated as MAD .
 MEAN DEVIATION EXAMPLE

If we ha ve to find the mean deviation of the data set, {4, 5, 6, 7, 8}

about the mean of the data set. Then we first find the mea n of the
data set,

µ=∑ x/n

µ= (Sum of values ÷ Number of values)

µ= (4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8)/5 = 6
 MEAN DEVIATION EXAMPLE
Values Absolute Deviation from Mean

4 2

Now we s ubtract the mean 5 1

from each data set to obtain 6 0

the deviation from the mean. 7 1

8 2

Now we tak e the mean of the deviation value so obtained. As ,

MAD = (2+ 1+ 0+1+2)/5 = 1.2

 MEAN DEVIATION FORMULA

MAD = [ Σ |x – µ |] / N

where,
x - repres ents each v alue in t he dat a s et
µ - repres ents t he mean of t he dat a s et
N - repres ents t he number of dat a v alues
| | - repres ents t he abs olute value, which ignores t he “ -” s ymbol
 MEAN DEVIATION FORMULA
Ungrouped Data

MAD =

where,
 MEAN DEVIATION
Grouped Data

When data is organized and c l assified into groups it is know n as

grouped data. These groups are know n as c l ass intervals.

Grouping of data is possible in tw o w ays:

• Disc rete F requency Distribution
• Continuous F requency Distribution
 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION
FREQUENCY
The frequency ( num ber o f o bs erv ati o n s ) gi v en i n th e
s et o f data i s di s crete i n nature.

If the data s et co ns i s ts o f v al u es x1 ,x2 , x3 … … … xn each

o ccurri ng w i th a frequ en cy o f f1 , f2 … fn res pecti v el y
then s uch a repres entati o n o f data i s kno w n as the
di s crete di s tri buti o n o f frequ en cy.
 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Step 1 : The measur e of c entral tendency about which mean devi at i on i s t o
be found out is c al c ulated. Let this measure be a.

If this measure is mean then it is c al c ulated as,

w here

If the measure i s median then the given set of dat a is ar ranged in asc ending order and
then the cumulative frequency is calc ulated then the observations whose cumulati ve
frequen cy is equal to or just greater than N/2 is taken as the median for the given
discrete distribution of frequen cy and i t is seen that this value lies in the middle of the
frequency distribution .
 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Step 2 : Cal c ulate t he absol ute deviation of each observat ion fr om t he
measure of c entral tendenc y c alc ulated in Ste p 1
 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Step 3 : The mean absol ute deviation around the measure of c ent r al
tendenc y is then c al c ulated by using the formula

If the centr al t endenc y i s mean then,

In case of medi an
 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Example 1:

Determine the mean deviation for the data val ues 5, 3, 7, 8 , 4, 9 .

Solution:

Given data val ues are 5, 3, 7, 8 , 4, 9 .

µ = ( 5+3+7+8+4+9)/6 = 36 /6 = 6
µ = 36 /6
µ = 6

Therefore, the mean val ue is 6 .

 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Example 1:
Values Absolute Deviation from Mean

5 1
3 3
7 1
8 2
4 2
9 3

MAD = (1 +3 + 1 + 2+ 2+3) / 6
MAD = 1 2/6
MAD = 2

Henc e, the mean deviation for 5, 3, 7, 8 , 4, 9 is 2.

 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Example 2:

In a foreign l anguage c l ass, there are 4 l anguages, and the frequenc ies of
students l earning the l anguage and the frequenc y of l ec tures per w eek are
given as:
 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Example 2:

Cal c ulate the mean deviation about the mean for the given data.

Solution: The fol l owing t able gives us a tabul ar represent ation of dat a and
the c al c ulations
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION
FREQUENCY
In t he fr equency dis t r ibut ion of cont inuous t ype, t he clas s
int er vals or g r oups ar e ar r ang ed s o t hat t her e ar e no g aps
bet w een t he clas s es , and each clas s in t he t able has it s
r es pective fr equency. The clas s int er vals ar e chos en in
s uch a w ay t hat t hey mus t be mut ually exclus ive and
exhaus t ive.
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
The fol lowing tabl e represents the age group of empl oyees w orking in a
c ertain c ompany.
Age Group Number of people

15-25 25
25-35 54
35-45 34
45-55 20

This representation is c ontinuous in nature, and the frequency is mentioned

ac c ording to the c l ass interval.
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Ste p 1. Assume that the frequenc y in eac h c l ass is c entered at the mid -
point. The mean is c al c ulated for these mid -points.

Considering the above ex ampl e, the midpoints are given as fol l ows:

The m ean i s c al c ulated

by t he for m ula
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Ste p 2. The mean absol ute deviation about the mean is given by:
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
Ste p 2.

Now
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
The formula used is:

Where “ a” is the assumed mean, “ h” is the c ommon fac tor and

 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
The formula used is:

Where “ a” is the assumed mean, “ h” is the c ommon fac tor and

 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
S imilarly, to c al c ulate the mean deviation about the me dian w e need to find
out the median of the given set of data w ith the hel p of c umulative
frequenc y, w hic h is given as -

Where, “ l ” is the l ow er l imit of the median c l ass,

“ f” is the frequenc y of median c l ass,
“ h” is the w i dt h of c l ass and,
“ C” is the c umulative frequenc y of the prec eding c l ass.
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
The median c l ass has a c umulative frequenc y of j ust greater than N/2.

We find the mean deviation about the median using the formula:
 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY
E xample

Here, N/2 = 1 6 . Ther efore the cl ass 25 – 35 is the medi an c l ass.

The mean devi at ion about the median is

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