Find the mean deviation about the median for the given data.
xi 5 7 9 10 12 15 fi 8 6 2 2 2 6
x1 fi e.f |xi−7| fi|xi−7| 5 8 8 2 16 7 6 14 0 0 9 2 16 2 4 10 2 18 3 6 12 2 20 5 10 15 6 26 8 48 26 84
N2=262=13
The e.f. just greater than 13 is 14 and corresponding value of x is 7.
∴ Median = 7
∴ M.D. about median = 1N∑fi|xi−M|
=126×84=3.23