Computation of Mean Deviation
Computation of Mean Deviation: Overview
In this topic, we will study the computation of mean deviation. We will learn the calculation by using various methods. It discusses how to find mean deviation about mean and median along with the construction of tables.
Important Questions on Computation of Mean Deviation
If is the mean of observations then the mean of the absolute deviations of these observations from is

The mean deviation from the mean of the discrete data is

The mean deviation about the mean for the following data: is

If the mean of the data , is times , then the mean deviation of the data from its mean is

What will be the probable value of mean deviation when and ?

Sum of the squares of deviations is minimum when deviations are taken from

Number of students who visited Physics coaching are in four days then find the variance for the given data

If , then what is the value of assumed mean?

If , then what is the value of assumed mean?

The runs scored by Virat in different matches are given as:
Calculate the mean deviation about the median for this data.

In a competition the number of mangoes eaten by six contestants in an hour is as follows:
Find the mean deviation about the mean for the given data (correct to two decimal places).

Find the mean deviation(in decimal) about the mean for the following data:
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The mean deviation of the data is:

If the weekly wages of workers in a factory follows normal distribution with mean and SD as and respectively, what is the expected number of workers with wages between and ?

The average weekly food expenditure of a group of families has a normal distribution with mean and standard deviation . What is the probability that out of families belonging to this group, at least one family has weekly food expenditure in excess of Given .

"Mean has the least sampling variability" prove the mathematical property of mean

The correction factor is applied in

For the observations Range is

The probability distribution of a random variable is as follows:
The variance of is

For finding A.M in Step-deviation method, the class intervals should be of
