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Measures of Central Tendency
Under what circumstances are median mostly used to measure central tendency?
1. In open ended series, median and mode can be easily calculated, while it is difficult to compute arithmetic mean, because it is not possible to calculate mid-pqjnts of these class intervals.
2. Median and Mode are not affected by extreme values while arithmetic mean is affected by extreme values.
3. Median and Mode can be calculated graphically, while there is no graphical method for calculating arithmetic mean.
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The following table gives production yield in kg. per hectare of wheat of 150 arms in a village. Calculate the mean, median and mode production yield.
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Production yield (kg. per hectare) |
50-53 |
53-56 |
56-59 |
59-62 |
62-65 |
65-68 |
68-71 |
71-74 |
74-77 |
|
Number of farms |
3 |
8 |
14 |
30 |
36 |
28 |
16 |
10 |
5 |
The size of land holdings of 380 families in a village is given below. Find the median size of land holdings.
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Size of Land Holdings (in acres) |
Number of families |
|
less than 100 100-200 200-300 300-400 400 and above |
40 89 148 64 39 |
What do you mean by 'Average'?
Pocket expenditures of 6 students are (Rs.) 6,12,18,24,30 and 36 respectively. Find out arithmetic mean.
Name various kinds of statistical averages?
Give formula of weighted averages.
Give formula of calculating arithmetic average of a continuous series.
What is arithmetic mean?
Define median.
Define mode.
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