Sponsor Area

Measures Of Dispersion

Question
CBSEENST11024355

Write down the steps involved in the calculation of mean deviation for the discrete series.

Solution

Steps : 1. Find out central tendency of the series (mean or median) from which deviations are to be taken.

2. Take deviation of different items in the series from central tendency ignoring signs (+,–). Express it as | dx | or (| dm |).

3. Multiply each deviation value by frequency facing it.

4. Add the multiplies and express it as Σ?(d).

5. Divide Σ?(d) by sum total of frequency. The resultant value will be mean deviation.