MEASURES OF CENTRAL

TENDENCY

Is the easiest way in summarizing

the data.
 THE MEAN
• The mean is the simplest and most efficient
measures of central tendency.
• It is the value obtained by adding the values in
the distribution and dividing the sum by the total
number of values.

3 classifications of the mean

5. Mean for ungrouped data.
6. Mean for grouped data.
7. Weighted mean.
 Mean for Ungrouped data:
1. Consider the following values. Compute for the
value of the mean. 21, 10, 36, 42, 39, 52, 30, 25,
and 26.
_
x= ∑ x/n
= 21 + 10 + 36 + 42 + 39 + 52 + 30 + 25 + 26 / 9

= 281 / 9

= 31.22
 Mean for grouped data: the
midpoint method
• Classes f x fx Χ = Σ fx / n
11 - 22 3 16.5 49.5 = 3,174/60
23 – 34 5 28.5 142.5 = 52.90
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
Σ = 60 Σ = 3 ,174
 Unit deviation method
• Classes f d fd
11-22 3 -3 -9 _
23-34 5 -2 -10 x = Χ a + (Σ fd / n ) c

35-46 11 -1 -11 = 52.5+(2/60)12

47-58 19 0 0 = 52.90
59-70 14 1 14
71-82 6 2 12
83-94 2 3 6
Σ = 60 Σ fd = 2
 Weighted mean
1. Suppose a student in a certain college is
enrolled in 6 subjects where not all of the
subjects carry a 3 unit load. Assuming
further, that the student was able to obtain
the following grades as shown.
subject no. of units grades
(x) (y)
1 3 2.0
2 3 3.0
3 5 1.25
4 1 3.0
5 2 2.5
6 3 2.5
_
x= Σxy / Σx
= 3(2.0) + 3(3.0) + 5(1.25) + 1(3.0) +

2(2.5) + 3(2.5)________________
3+3+5+1+2+3
= 36.75
17
_
x = 2.16
 GENERALIZATION
In your own words define measures
of central tendency, then state the formula
in finding the mean for grouped and
ungrouped data, as well as the formula in
finding the weighted mean.
 EVALUATION
• Find the mean for the following given set
of data.
1. The daily sales of ABC Enterprises for the
first 7 days of a certain month are shown
below. Php5,286, Php10,826, Php2,580,
Php6,386, Php4,650, Php3,635, and
Php8,625. determine the daily mean sales
of the store for the first seven days?
2. Consider the FDT of the ages of 75 mayor’s then compute the mean
age of the mayor’s?
Classes F
25-30 3
31-36 6
37-42 11
43-48 27
49-54 16
55-60 7
61-66 4
67-72 1
N= 75
3. A Die was rolled 100 times and the results are
shown below.
outcome (x) frequency (y)
1 17
2 14
3 20
4 15
5 15
6 19
compute the value of the weighted mean?