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Exercise: Mean Deviation (Grouped) · Q11
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Find the mean deviation about the mean for the discrete frequency distribution:

xix_i510152025
fif_i46852
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Here xi:5,10,15,20,25x_i:5,10,15,20,25 and fi:4,6,8,5,2f_i:4,6,8,5,2, so N=4+6+8+5+2=25N=4+6+8+5+2=25. Now ∑fixi=5(4)+10(6)+15(8)+20(5)+25(2)=20+60+120+100+50=350\sum f_ix_i=5(4)+10(6)+15(8)+20(5)+25(2)=20+60+120+100+50=350, giving xˉ=350/25=14\bar x=350/25=14. Absolute deviations ∣xi−14∣|x_i-14|: 9,4,1,6,119,4,1,6,11. Weighted: fi∣xi−xˉ∣=4(9)+6(4)+8(1)+5(6)+2(11)=36+24+8+30+22=120f_i|x_i-\bar x|=4(9)+6(4)+8(1)+5(6)+2(11)=36+24+8+30+22=120. Therefore M.D.(xˉ)=120/25=4.8\text{M.D.}(\bar x)=120/25=4.8. [!ANSWER] Mean =14=14; Mean Deviation about the mean =4.8=4.8.

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