The mean of discrete observations y1,y2,……yn is given by
∑ni=1yim
∑ni=1yi∑ni=1i
∑ni=1yifin
∑ni=1yifi∑ni=1fi
Mean of discrete observations y1,……yn is given by ∑ni=1yin
For the given distinct values x1,x2,x3,.....xn occurring with frequencies f1,f2,f3,...fn respectively. The mean deviation about mean where ¯x is the mean and N is total number of observations would be