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(a) Can we find out the Median from thefollowing data? If yes, write the reason

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Question

(a) Can we find out the Median from thefollowing data? If yes, write the reason (No need to calculate themedian).

           Wages of workers in a factory

Monthly Income (Rs.)

NO. of Workers

Less than 2000/-

100

2000-2999/-

300

3000-3999/-

250

4000-4999/-

50

5000 & above

1200

                        

(b) Compute Mean, Median and Mode fromthe following data.

                                   

No. of students

1

2

3

5

6

f

15

10

5

15

5

           

           Wages of workers in a factory

Monthly Income (Rs.)

NO. of Workers

Less than 2000/-

100

2000-2999/-

300

3000-3999/-

250

4000-4999/-

50

5000 & above

1200

Explanation / Answer

(a) Can we find out theMedian from the followingdata? If yes, write the reason (No need to calculate the median).

            Wages of workers in a factory

Monthly Income (Rs.)

NO. of Workers

Less than 2000/-

100

2000-2999/-

300

3000-3999/-

250

4000-4999/-

50

5000 & above

1200

Answer:

Yes, tocalculate median, we need class interval and cumulative frequencies,whichcomes from class boundaries and frequencies respectively. Then we willfind thefactor h/2 in cumulative frequency column, that will be our medianclass, thenwe apply the final formula to compute the median.

(b) Compute Mean,Median and Mode from thefollowing data.

        

No. of students

1

2

3

5

6

f

15

10

5

15

5

Answer:

Mean:

No. of students

            Wages of workers in a factory

Monthly Income (Rs.)

NO. of Workers

Less than 2000/-

100

2000-2999/-

300

3000-3999/-

250

4000-4999/-

50

5000 & above

1200