05 Grouped - Median

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Stage 4 Year 9

Grouped Data Median


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Grouped Data
In grouped data:
Data classes must not overlap. Intervals must be of equal size. They are used for a large range of scores. A class centre (cc) is calculated by averaging the end points.

Cumulative Frequency Histogram/Polygon


x f Cumulative Frequency cf cf 30 2 0 2 25 1 7 9
20 15

Histogram Polygon
Ogive

2 9

18 24

3 6
4 5 5 2

10
5

29
31

x
3

Median Median=2.1 for continuous data Median=2 for discrete data

% cf 100%
30 25

50%

20 15 10 5

0%
0 1 2 3 4 5

x
4

Grouped Data The Median


Class 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-40 Class Centre Tally cc 2 7 12 17 22 27 32 37 f 2 3 1 4 3 4 2 1 f 20 =
5

cf 2 5 2+3 6 5+1 10 6+4

There are 20 scores. Therefore the median is the 10th and 11th scores. 10th = 17 11th = 22

10+3 13 13+4 17 17+22 Median = 19 17+2 2 20 19+1 = 19.5

Grouped Data The Median


cc 2 7 f cf 2 3 cf 2 205 Cumulative Frequency Histogram Cumulative Median Frequency Polygon Ogive

12 1 6 1517 4 10 1022 3 13 27 4 17 532 2 19 37 1 20

7 12 17 22 27 32 Median (rounds up) = 22

37

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