DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH

Name of the Staff member : A.KRISHNA KUMAR

Designation : Sr. Lecturer

Branch : Commercial & Computer

Practice
Institute : GPW ,Suryapet, Nalgonda dist.
Year/Semester : II Year / III Semester
Subject : Quantitative Techniques-1
Subject Code : CCP-303
Topic : Mean Deviation
Duration : 50 min.
Sub Topic : Mean deviation - Continuous
series

Teaching Aids : PPT.

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Objectives

On completion of this period , you would be able to

 Calculate Mean Deviation - Continuous series

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Recap

Mean Deviation and Co-efficient of MD

 Individual series
 Discrete series

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Mean Deviation - Continuous series:

Steps
 Find mid points for each class
 Find desired average (Mean or Median or Mode)
 Take deviations from Average ignoring signs,
i.e. IDI
 Multiply these deviations with respective frequencies
i.e., f IDI
 Sum the products ∑ f IDI
 Apply the formula

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Formula of Mean Deviation :
M.D. = Ʃf |D| /N

Coefficient MD = MD/Mean or Mode or Mode

M.D.= Mean Deviation

| D | = sum of the deviations from
an average neglecting signs
N = No. of items.
f = frequency

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 Example 1

Find the Median and Mean Deviation of the following data:

Size Frequency
0-10 7
10-20 12
20-30 18
30-40 25
40-50 16
50-60 14
60-70 8

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Solution to Ex.1:
Calculation of Mean Deviation
Size f c.f m.p | m- f|D|
m 35.2 |
|D|
0-10 7 7 5 30.2 211.4
10-20 12 19 15 20.2 242.4
20-30 18 37 25 10.2 183.6
30-40 25 62 35 0.2 5.0
40-50 16 78 45 9.8 156.8
50-60 14 92 55 19.8 277.2
60-70 8 100 65 29.8 238.4

N=100 Ʃf |D|
=1314.8

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Solution contd

Median = Size of N/2th item

= size of (100/2)th item = size of 50th item

Median lies in the class 30-40

Median = L+N/2 - c.f xi

f
L=30, N/2 = 50, c.f = 37, f = 25,I =10
Median = 30+ 50 – 37 x 10
2
= 30+5.2
= 35.2
M.D. = Ʃf | D | / N
= 1314.8 / 100
= 13.148

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 Example 2

Calculate MD through AM and its

Co-efficient from the following data

Class 0 – 10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60

interval
s
Freque 5 7 8 15 19 6
ncy

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Solution to Ex.2:

Calculation of Mean Deviation through AM

Class m f fm IDI = f IDI
interval (m-
34)
0-10 5 5 25 29 145
10-20 15 7 105 19 133
20-30 25 8 200 9 72
30-40 35 15 525 1 15
40-50 45 19 855 11 209
50-60 55 6 330 21 126

N=60 ∑fm=2040 ∑f|

DI=700

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Solution contd

X =∑ fm / N

=2040 / 60 =34

MD = ∑f IDI /N

=700 / 60 =11.666

Coefficient of MD =11.666 / 34=0.343

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Summary
 Mean deviation = ∑f IDI/N

 Coefficient of MD =MD / Mean or Median or Mode

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Quiz
1. What is the formula of Mean Deviation ?

Ans: Mean Deviation = Ʃ f | D | / N

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Quiz

2. What is the formula of Co-efficient of Mean

Deviation ?
Ans. M.D. / Median or M.D./ A.M or MD / Mode

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Frequently Asked Questions

Calculate mean deviation from the median for

the following data :
Age (years) : 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18
No of students: 30 90 120 150 80 60 20

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Assignment

1. Find out the coefficient of mean deviations in the

following series.
Age.Yrs. No.of persons
0-10 20
10-20 25
20-30 32
30-40 40
40-50 42
50-60 35
60-70 10
70-80 8
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Assignment
2. Find out the coefficient of mean deviations, Mean
deviation from the mean in the following series.
Dividend No. of companies
0-6 8
6-12 10
12-18 12
18-24 9
24-30 5

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