Find the mean deviation about the mean for the data
Find the mean deviation about the mean for the data

 

\[{{x}_{i}}\] \[5\] \[10\] \[15\] \[20\] \[25\]
\[{{f}_{i}}\] \[7\] \[4\] \[6\] \[3\] \[5\]

Solution:-

We have to make the table of the given data and append other columns after calculations.

\[{{x}_{i}}\] \[{{f}_{i}}\] \[{{f}_{i}}{{x}_{i}}\] \[\left| {{x}_{i}}-\overline{x} \right|\] \[{{f}_{i}}\left| {{x}_{i}}-\overline{x} \right|\]
\[5\] \[7\] \[35\] \[9\] \[63\]
\[10\] \[4\] \[40\] \[4\] \[16\]
\[15\] \[6\] \[90\] \[1\] \[6\]
\[20\] \[3\] \[60\] \[6\] \[18\]
\[25\] \[5\] \[125\] \[11\] \[55\]
\[25\] \[350\] \[158\]

The sum of calculated data,

N = \[\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}{{{f}_{i}}}=25\], \[\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}{{{f}_{i}}{{x}_{i}}}=350\]

Find mean by using the below formula

\[\overline{x}\]  =\[\frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}{{{f}_{i}}{{x}_{i}}}=\frac{350}{25}\]= \[14\]

From the table, \[\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}{{{f}_{i}}\left| {{x}_{i}}-\overline{x} \right|}=158\]

Therefore, mean deviation = \[\frac{1}{N}\sum\limits_{i=1}^{5}{{{f}_{i}}\left| {{x}_{i}}-\overline{x} \right|}\]

=\[(1/25)\times 158\]

=\[6.32\]

Therefore, the mean deviation about the mean is \[6.32\]