A class teacher has the following absentee record of 40 students of a class for the whole term. Find the mean number of days a student was absent.
Number of days0−66−1010−1414−2020−2828−3838−40Number of students111074431
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We can find the class mark of each interval by using the relation:
xi =Upper class limit + lower class limit2
Now, taking 17 as assumed mean A, we can calculate di and fidi as following:
Number of daysNumber of students fixidi=xi−17fidi0−6113−14−1546−10108−9−9010−14712−5−3514−204170020−2842472828−38333164838−401392222Total40 −181
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Now, we observe that:
∑fi=40∑fidi=−181mean ¯x=A+(∑fidi∑fi)=17+(−18140)
=17−4.525
=12.475
=12.48
So, mean number of days for which a student was absent is 12.48 days.
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