Statistics 简明教程

Statistics - Continuous Series Arithmetic Mean

当数据根据范围及其频率给出时。以下是连续序列的一个例子:

Items

0-5

5-10

10-20

20-30

30-40

Frequency

2

5

1

3

12

In case of continous series, a mid point is computed as $\frac{lower-limit + upper-limit}{2}$ and Arithmetic Mean is computed using following formula.

Formula

其中——

  1. ${N}$ = Number of observations.

  2. ${f_1,f_2,f_3,…​,f_n}$ = 频率 f 的不同值。

  3. ${m_1,m_2,m_3,…​,m_n}$ = Different values of mid points for ranges.

Example

Problem Statement

Let’s calculate Arithmetic Mean for the following continous data −

Items

0-10

10-20

20-30

30-40

Frequency

2

5

1

3

Solution

根据给定的数据,我们有−

Items

Mid-pt

Frequency

${fm}$

0-10

5

2

10

10-20

15

5

75

20-30

25

1

25

30-40

35

3

105

${N=11}$

${\sum fm=215}$

根据上面提到的公式,算术平均值 $\bar{x}$ 为−

给定数字的算术平均值为 19.54。

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