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100 surnames were randomly picked up from a local telephone directory and the frequency distribution of the number of letters in the English alphabets in the surnames was obtained as follows:

$\begin{matrix} N u m b e r o f l e t t e r s & N u m b e r o f s u r n a m e s 1 - 4 & 6 4 - 7 & 30 7 - 10 & 40 10 - 13 & 16 13 - 16 & 4 16 - 19 & 4 \end{matrix}$

Determine the median number of letters in the surnames. Find the mean number of letters in the surnames. Also, find the modal size of the surnames. [4 MARKS]

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$\begin{matrix} N u m b e r o f & N u m b e r o f & C u m u l a t i v e l e t t e r s & s u r n a m e s & f r e q u e n c y 1 - 4 & 6 & 6 4 - 7 & 30 & 36 7 - 10 & 40 & 76 10 - 13 & 16 & 92 13 - 16 & 4 & 96 16 - 19 & 4 & 100 \end{matrix}$

Now, n = 100

So, $\frac{n}{2} = \frac{100}{2} = 50$

This observation lies in the class 7 - 10. So, 7 - 10 is the median class.

Therefore, l = 7, h = 3, f = 40, cf = 36

$∴ M e d i a n = l + (\frac{\frac{n}{2} - c f}{f}) \times h = 7 + (\frac{50 - 36}{40}) \times 3$

$= 7 + \frac{21}{20} = 7 + 1.05 = 8.05$

Hence, the median number of letters in the surnames is 8.05

Mean. Take a = 8.5, h = 3

$\begin{matrix} N u m b e r o f & N u m b e r o f & C l a s s & d_{i} = x_{i} - 8.5 & u_{i} = \frac{x_{i} - 8.5}{3} & f_{i} u_{i} l e t t e r s & s u r n a m e s & m a r k (f_{i}) 1 - 4 & 6 & 2.5 & - 6 & - 2 & - 12 4 - 7 & 30 & 5.5 & - 3 & - 1 & - 30 7 - 10 & 40 & 8.5 & 0 & 0 & 0 10 - 13 & 16 & 11.5 & 3 & 1 & 16 13 - 16 & 4 & 14.5 & 6 & 2 & 8 16 - 19 & 4 & 17.5 & 9 & 3 & 12 T o t a l & \sum f_{i} = 100 & \sum f_{i} u_{i} = - 6 \end{matrix}$

Using the step-deviation method.

$¯ x = a + (\frac{\sum f_{i} u_{i}}{\sum f_{i}}) \times h = 8.5 + (\frac{- 6}{100}) \times 3$

$= 8.5 - 0.18 = 8.32$

Hence, the mean number of letters in the surnames is 8.32

Mode: Since the maximum number of surnames have number of letters in the interval 7 - 10, the modal class is 7 - 10

Therefore, $l = 7, h = 3, f_{1} = 40, f_{0} = 30, f_{2} = 16$

$∴ M o d e = l + (\frac{f_{1} - f_{0}}{2 f_{1} - f_{0} - f_{2}}) \times h = 7 + (\frac{40 - 30}{2 \times 40 - 30 - 16}) \times 3$

$= 7 + \frac{30}{34} = 7 + 0.88 = 7.88$

Hence, the modal size of the surnames is 7.88

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