JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Measures of dispersion

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    The quartile deviation for the following data is
    x : 2 3 4 5 6
    f : 3 4 8 4 1
                                    [AMU 1988; Kurukshetra CEE 1999]

    A)                 0             

    B)                 \[\frac{1}{4}\]

    C)                 \[\frac{1}{2}\]        

    D)                 1

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                       \[N=(\Sigma f)=20\]                                 \[{{Q}_{1}}=\frac{(N+1)}{4}th\] observation \[={{\left( \frac{21}{4} \right)}^{th}}\]observation=3                                 Similarly, \[{{Q}_{3}}=3\left( \frac{N+1}{4} \right)\ th\] observation                                                          \[=\left( \frac{63}{4} \right)\ th\] observation = 5                                 Now Q.D. \[=\frac{1}{2}\left( {{Q}_{3}}-{{Q}_{1}} \right)=\frac{1}{2}\left( {{Q}_{3}}-{{Q}_{1}} \right)\]\[=\frac{1}{2}(5-3)=1\].


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