Find the mode and the mean of the data given above. Compare and interpret the two measures of central tendency.
NCERT Math’s Class 10 Chapter 14 Statistics
Page No. 275
Exercise 14.2
Queston No. 1
The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital during a year:
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To find the class marks (xᵢ), the following relation is used.
xᵢ = (Upper Limit + Lower Limit)/2
Taking 30 as assumed mean (a), dᵢ and fᵢdᵢ are calculated as follows.
From the table, we obtain
∑fᵢ = 80, ∑fᵢdᵢ = 430 and a = 30
mean (X̄) = a + (∑fᵢdᵢ / ∑fᵢ) = 30 + (430/80) = 30 + 5.375 = 35.375 = 35.38
Mean of this data is 35.38. It represents that on an average, the age of a patient admitted to hospital was 35.38 years. It can be observed that the maximum class frequency is 23 belonging to class interval 35 -45.
Modal class = 35 – 45
Lower limit (l) of modal class 35
Frequency (f₁) of modal class = 23
Class size (h) = 10
Frequency (f₀) of class preceding the modal class = 21
Frequency (f₂) of class succeeding the modal class 14
Mode = l + ((f₁ – f₀)/(2f₁ – f₀ – f₂)) × h = 35 + ((23 – 21)/(2 × 23 – 21 – 14)) × 10 = 35 + 2/11 × 10 = 35 + 1.81 = 36.81
Mode is 36.8. It represents that the age of maximum number of patients admitted in hospital was 36.8 years.
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