
Calculate mean deviation about mean for the following data:
Age in years
Number of persons

Important Points to Remember in Chapter -1 - Measures of Dispersion from Tamil Nadu Board Statistics Standard 11 Solutions
1. Absolute measure of dispersion:
(i) Range:
The range is the difference between the largest and smallest observations.
(ii) Variance:
(iii) Standard Deviation:
(iv) Quartiles and Quartile Deviation:
The quartile deviation is half of the distance between the third and the first quartile.
(v) Mean:
(vi) Mean deviation:
The arithmetic mean of the absolute deviations of the observations from a measure of central tendency is known as the mean deviation.
2. Relative measure of dispersion:
(i) Coefficient of range:
Coefficient of range
(ii) Coefficient of variation:
Coefficient of variation
(iii) Coefficient of standard deviation:
Coefficient of standard deviation
(iv) Coefficient of quartile deviation:
Coefficient of quartile deviation
(v) Coefficient of mean deviation:
Coefficient of mean deviation
3. Moments:
(i) Raw Moments:
Raw moments | Raw data | Discrete data | Continuous data |
(ii) Central Moments:
Central moments | Raw data | Discrete data | Continuous data |
4. Measures of skewness:
(i) Karl-Pearson coefficient of skewness:
Karl- Pearson coefficient of skewness
(ii) Bowley's coefficient of skewness:
Bowley's coefficient of skewness
(iii) Coefficient of skewness based on moments:
5. Measures of Kurtosis: