DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name of the Staff member : A.KRISHNA KUMAR
Designation : Sr. Lecturer

Branch : Commercial & Computer

Practice
Institute : GPW ,Suryapet, Nalgonda dist.
Year/Semester : II Year / III Semester
Subject : Quantitative Techniques-1
Subject Code : CCP-303
Topic : Mean Deviation
Duration : 50 min.
Sub Topic : Mean deviation (Individual series)
Teaching Aids : PPT.

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Objectives:

At the end of this class, you would be able to

 Know Meaning of Mean Deviation

 Calculate Mean Deviation for Individual series

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Recap

 Quartile Deviation
 Coefficient of Quartile deviation

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Mean Deviation (or) Average
Deviation)

 Arithmetic average of deviations of the item from an

average
 Also called Average Deviation

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 MEASURES OF DISPERSION

ALGEBRAIC GRAPHIC
(ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE) (LORENZ CURVE

RANGE

QUARTILE
DEVIATION

MEAN
DEVIATION

STANDARD
DEVIATION

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Steps:

3. Calculate Mean Deviation from AM, Median

or Mode.
4. Add deviations to know the sum of the
deviations from the average.

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Steps:

3. Finally, divide sum of the deviation

from average by the number of items,
to know MD.
4. MD is obtained by dividing sum of the
deviations from an average (ignoring
signs) by the no.of items. It is also
called First Moment of Dispersion.

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Formula:

Mean Deviation (Individual Observations) = ∑ D / N

M.D. represents Mean deviation

D = sum of the deviations from an average neglecting

signs
N = No. of items.

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Coefficient of Mean Deviation

 MD is only an absolute of dispersion

 It should be converted into a relative measure.
 This is done by dividing the M.D. by the Average
(AM, Median, Mode) used.

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Formula of Co-efficient of MD

Mean Co-efficient = M.D. / Mean (or) M.D. / Median (or)

M.D. / Mode.

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Example 1:

1.Calculate the Mean Deviation and its coefficient

from
i) Arithmetic Mean and ii) Median in respect of
marks obtained by nine students given below.

Marks (out of 25) 7 4 10 9 15 12

7 9 7

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Solution to Ex.1:
For calculating median the item have to be
rearranged in the ascending order.
4, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10, 12, 15
Median =Size of (N+1/2)th item
=Size of (9+1/2)th item
=Size of 5th item = 9
Mean =4+7+7+7+9+9+10+12+15
9
= 80/9
= 8.9
Mode = 7 (as it repeats 3 times)

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 Solution contd

Calculation of mean deviation and its coefficient

Marks Deviation Deviation Deviation
from mean from median from mode
(8.9) (9) (7)
4 4.9 5 3
7 1.9 2 0
7 1.9 2 0
7 1.9 2 0
9 0.1 0 2
9 0.1 0 2
10 1.1 1 3
12 3.1 3 5
15 6.1 6 8

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 Solution contd
Mean deviation from mean = ∑ D / N = 21.1/9=2.34
Mean deviation from median= ∑ D / N = 21/9=2.33
Co-efficient of Mean deviation (through mean) =M.D./Mean
=2.34/8.9 = 0.263
Co-efficient of Mean deviation (through median) = M.D./
Median = 2.33/9=0.259
Mean deviation from mode =∑ IDI/N = 23/9 =2.55
Coefficient of mean deviation (through Mode)=
M.D/Mode = 2.565/7 =0.365

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Summary
Mean deviation = ∑ I D I / N
Coefficient of M.D from mean = MD/ Mean
“ “ median = MD/Median
“ “ mode = MD/ Mode

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Quiz

1.Quartile deviation can be calculated based on

The following average
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) All the above
Ans : (d)

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Quiz

2. Coefficient of quartile deviation formula :

b) M.D/Mean
c) M.D/Median
d) M.D/Mode
e) All the above
Ans : (d)

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Calculate mean deviation through A.M for the following

data
x : 11 14 15 18 20

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Assignment

1. Calculate Mean deviation of the following from mean and

median.
2, 6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 23

2. Calculate the mean deviation from the median.

7, 8, 4, 7, 6, 5, 8, 9, 4, 5
Hint. Rearrange the distribution either ascending
or descending in order

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