Grouped Data Histogram

Grouped Data Histogram
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The Histogram shows an even spread of data, indicating that sometimes the
Coffee Shop is very busy, while other times they are making less than eight
cappuccinos per hour.
We now want to find the Average Number of Cappuccinos made every hour.
There are three types of Averages: the Mean, the Median, and the Mode.
In this lesson we calculate all three of these averages for the coffee shop
example.
Finding the Range

The “Range” is the easiest Statistic to determine for Grouped Data.
We simply take the end of the Highest Interval, and subtract the Beginning
of the first Interval.
Range = Maximium – Minimum
For our Coffee Statistics, the Highest Group is 16-19, so our High Value
“Maximum” is 19.
The Lowest Group is 0-3, so the Low Value “Minimum” is zero.
Range = Maximium – Minimum = 19 – 0 = 19

The Range can also be stated as “0 to 19″
The Modal Class

The “Mode” is what happens most of the time, or on most occassions.
The “Mode” is the simplest Grouped Average to find.
It can be read straight from the Frequency Table, or straight from the
Graph.

Sometimes we have more than one Group which is the most popular.
In these situations, we can have a two modes or a “Bimodal” situation, or
three modes which is called “Trimodal”.
The Median Class

Finding the Median Class involves some working out steps to be applied to
our original Frequency Table.
There are three Main Steps:
1) Finding the half-way midpoint in the Frequency values
2) Adding a third column to our Frequency Table where we calculate

“Cumulative Frequency” values
3) Locating the half-way point in the Cumulative Frequency Column, and

then seeing which Class Interval lines up with this half-way point.
How we do each of these steps is as follows.
There are two ways to find the half-way midpoint in the Frequency values.
We can either write out the numbers from 1 to the Total frequency value and
manually find the middle; or we can use a simple math formula to find this
value.

Rather than writing out a long list of numbers, It is much easier to use the
formula: Middle = Total Frequency + 1 and then divide by 2.
Once we have the half-way point, the next step is to do “Cumulative
Addition” of the Frequencies.
The following real world example shows how we do “Cumulative Addition”.

A Quicker way to get the “Cumulative” values is to use the “Zig Zag Adding
Method”.

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Here is how we apply “Cumulative Addition” to Finding the Median Class.
Here is the complete working out for the Median Class, which turns out to be
the Interval group “8-11″.
The MEAN Average for Grouped Data

Finding the MEAN involves more working out than finding the Modal Class
and Median Class.
To find the MEAN (or “Mathematically Estimated Average Number”), involves

adding two extra columns to our original Frequency Table.
There are three main steps:
1) Find all of our Interval Midpoints, and write these in the third column
2a) Multiply each Frequency x Midpoint value and put the answer each time
into the fourth column
2b) Find the Total of the fourth column, eg. Total of Frequency x Midpoints
3) Apply the Formula: Grouped MEAN = ( Total of Frequency x Midpoints )

divided by Total Frequency
The first step is to find all of the Interval Midpoints.
There are two ways of doing step one: we can write each interval out as a
list of numbers, or we can use a simple math formula to find the Midpoint.
Use whichever method you find easier to work with, they both give the same
result.
Here is how we do the list of numbers method

To use the Midpoint Formula, add together the low and high values and
divide each answer by two:
The second step on the way to finding the Grouped MEAN estimated average
is to complete the final column of our table.
This involves multiplying each Midpoint by its Interval’s Frequency.

The third and final step is to apply the Grouped Mean Formula:
MEAN Average = Total of (Freq x Midpt) / Total Frequency

Mathematical Notation for MEAN

Our example of the MEAN calculation has working out steps written into the
table.
These steps are usually not shown, once people are good at finding the
MEAN.
There are also some special mathematical symbols used for the MEAN
formula, which are as follows:
Our previous example worked out using correct mathematical notation looks
like this:

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Finding the Range

The Lowest Group is 0-3, so the Low Value “Minimum” is zero.

Range = Maximium – Minimum = 19 – 0 = 19

The Modal Class

The “Mode” is the simplest Grouped Average to find.

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics

The Median Class

There are three Main Steps:

1) Finding the half-way midpoint in the Frequency values

2) Adding a third column to our Frequency Table where we calculate

3) Locating the half-way point in the Cumulative Frequency Column, and

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics

Image Copyright 2013 by Passy’s World of Mathematics

The MEAN Average for Grouped Data

To find the MEAN (or “Mathematically Estimated Average Number”), involves

There are three main steps:

3) Apply the Formula: Grouped MEAN = ( Total of Frequency x Midpoints )

The first step is to find all of the Interval Midpoints.

Here is how we do the list of numbers method

This involves multiplying each Midpoint by its Interval’s Frequency.

MEAN Average = Total of (Freq x Midpt) / Total Frequency

Mathematical Notation for MEAN

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