Mean, Median, and Mode
Ms. Lucia Chumacera
Graphical Presentation
›Third method
›Pictorial representation of data
›2 Types:
– Histogram
– Frequency Polygon
Histogram
› Is a graph in which the classes are marked on the
horizontal axis (x-axis) and the class frequencies on the
vertical axis (y-axis).
› Note:
– If uses bars in presenting the frequencies of each class.
– The height of the bars represent the class frequency, and the bars are drawn
adjacent to each other.
– The histogram focuses on the frequency of each class and sacrifices whatever
information was contained in the actual observations.
– The horizontal axis is subdivided into equal subintervals where one subinterval
represents a class. (each bar should be 1 unit apart)
“The histogram of the test result of 30 students
in BIOCHEMISTRY.”
Frequency Polygon
›Is a graph that displays the data using
points/dots which are connected by lines.
› Note:
– The frequencies are represented by the heights of the points of the
classes.
– The horizontal axis represents the midpoints of the frequency
distribution while the vertical axis represents the frequency of the
distribution.
“The frequency Polygon of the test results of 30
students in BIOCHEMISTRY.”
2 Methods in getting the Mean of
Grouped Data
› MIDPOINT METHOD
› UNIT DEVIATION METHOD
Steps to determine the MEAN
MIDPOINT METHOD using the MIDPOINT METHOD;
› 1. Get the midpoint of each
class interval.
2. Multiply each midpoint by its
corresponding frequency.
3. Get the sum of the products
in step 2.
4. Divide the sum obtained in
step 3 by the total no. of
frequencies.
The result will be rounded of
to two decimal places.
MEAN using the MIDPOINT METHOD
CLASSES f x fx
11-22 3 16.5 49.5
23-34 5 28.5 142.5
35-46 11 40.5 445.5
47-58 19 52.5 997.5
59-70 14 64.5 903.0
71-82 6 76.5 459.0
83-94 2 88.5 177.0
UNIT DEVIATION Steps to determine the MEAN
using the UNIT DEVIATION
METHOD METHOD;
1. Choose an assumed mean by getting the
midpoint of a particular interval.
› a) The assumed mean is the midpoint of a
class interval with a highest frequency.
b) The class interval containing the assumed
mean shall be referred to as the mean
class.
2. Construct the unit deviation column.
3. Multiply the frequency in each interval by
the corresponding unit deviation, add the
products.
4. Divide the sum in step 3 by the sample
size (n).
5. Multiply the result in step 4 by the size of
class interval.
6. Add the value obtained in step 5 to the
assumed mean. The obtained result which
is the MEAN should be rounded of to two
decimal places.
MEAN using the UNIT DEVIATION METHOD
CLASSES f x fx d fd CB <cumf
11-22 3 16.5 49.5 -3 -9 10.5-22.5 3
23-34 5 28.5 142.5 -2 -10 22.5-34.5 8
cumfb
35-46 Median 11 40.5 445.5 -1 -11 34.5-46.5 19
fm Assumed
class Mean
47-58 19 52.5 997.5 0 0 46.5-58.5 38
59-70 14 64.5 903.0 1 14 58.5-70.5 52
71-82 6 76.5 459.0 2 12 70.5-82.5 58
83-94 2 88.5 177.0 3 6 82.5-94.5 60
Median for Grouped and Ungrouped
Data
› Is a second measure of central tendency
› Is a positional measure of central tendency defined as
the middle most value in the distribution.
› Note: This value or the median divides a given set of
data into two equal parts.
MEDIAN for UNGROUPED DATA
›
Solve for the median of the ff. values;
›
The ff. values are the num. of students
enrolled
› in the first 8 classes of a certain
college/ in a college of CBA.
MEDIAN for GROUPED DATA
›
Steps to determine the MEDIAN for
GROUPED DATA:
›
CLASSES f x fx d fd CB <cumf
11-22 3 16.5 49.5 -3 -9 10.5-22.5 3
23-34 5 28.5 142.5 -2 -10 22.5-34.5 8
cumfb
35-46 Median 11 40.5 445.5 -1 -11 34.5-46.5 19
fm Assumed
class Mean
47-58 19 52.5 997.5 0 0 46.5-58.5 38
59-70 14 64.5 903.0 1 14 58.5-70.5 52
71-82 6 76.5 459.0 2 12 70.5-82.5 58
83-94 2 88.5 177.0 3 6 82.5-94.5 60
Mode for Grouped and Ungrouped
Data
›
MODE for UNGROUPED DATA
›
MODE for GROUPED DATA
›
CLASSES f <cumf
11-22 3 3
23-34 5 8
35-46 11 19
47-58 19 38
59-70 14 52
71-82 6 58
83-94 2 60
ACTIVITY
Determine the mode of 30 students in
Biochemistry.
CLASSES f <cumf
30-39 6 6
40-49 4 10
50-59 9 19
60-69 6 25
70-79 5 30
