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Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the learner:
MEASURES OF
CENTRAL TENDENCY
MEAN MODE
MEDIAN
Mean- refers to the average;
Median- the middle value in the list
of numbers.
Mode- the value that occurs most
often
Range
-the difference between the
highest and the lowest number.
Task: Find the mean, median, mode and
range of the following set of numbers.
Science: The following are the temperatures recorded
in ℃ (degrees Celsius) last week January 6-12, 2019,
respectively. (source:abs-cbn.com)
where:
𝑋1, 𝑋2, 𝑋3,…, 𝑋𝑛 are the values of the random variable X; and
𝑃(𝑋1 ), 𝑃 𝑋2 , 𝑃 𝑋3 , … , 𝑃(𝑋𝑛 ) are the corresponding
probabilities.
Example:
1. “Number of Spots”
Consider rolling a die. What is the
average number of spots that would
appear?
Number of
Probability P(X)
Spots (X)
1
Step 1: Construct the 1
6
probability distribution 2
2
1
of the random variable X 3
6
1
representing the number 3
6
4
of spots that would 4
1
appear. 5 6
1
5
6 6
1
6
6
Number of
Number of
Probability P(X)
Probability P(X) 𝑋 ∙∙ 𝑃(𝑋)
𝑋 𝑃(𝑋)
Spots (X)
Spots (X)
1
Step 2: Multiply 11
11
66 6
the value of the 11 2
22
random variable 66 6
X representing 33
11 3
66 6
the number of 11 4
spots that would 44
66 6
appear. 55
11 5
66 6
11 6
66
66 6
Step 3: Add the results obtained in step 2.
1 2 3 4 5 6
σ𝑋 ∙𝑃 𝑋 = + + + + +
6 6 6 6 6 6
𝟐𝟏
𝑿 ∙𝑷 𝑿 = = 𝟑. 𝟓
𝟔
The mean tells us the average number of spots
that would appear is 3.5.
Exercise No. 2 (By pair)
2. “GROCERY ITEMS”
The probabilities that a customer will buy 1, 2,
3, 4 or 5 items in a grocery store are
3 1 1 2 3
, , , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 , respectively. What is the
10 10 10 10 10
average number of items that a customer will buy?
Number
Probability
of Items 𝑋 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋)
P(X)
(X)
1 3/10 3/10
2 1/10 2/10 31
𝑋 ∙𝑃 𝑋 = = 3.1
10
3 1/10 3/10
4 2/10 8/10
5 3/10 15/10
ACTIVITY (BY GROUP)
1. “Surgery Patients”
The probabilities that a surgeon operates on 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7
patients in any day are 0.15, 0.10, 0.20, 0.25 and 0.30, respectively.
Find the average number of patients that a surgeon operates on a day.
2. Complete the table below and find the mean of the following
probability distribution. X P(X) 𝑋 ∙ 𝑃(𝑋)
1
1
7
1
6
7
3
11
7
1
16
7
1
21
7
Reflect:
1. What does the mean of a probability
distribution tell us? How do you interpret
the mean of a probability distribution?