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AP EAMCET · Maths · Statistics

The mean deviation from the median for the following data is

  1. A \(0.75\)
  2. B \(7.5\)
  3. C \(0.65\)
  4. D \(0.40\)
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(A) \(0.75\)

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\(\begin{aligned} & N=48 \\ & \frac{N}{2}=24\end{aligned}\) \(\therefore\) Median \(=24\) th observation \(=12\) \(\begin{aligned} N & =48 \\ \mathrm{MD} & =\frac{\Sigma f_i\left|x_i-M\right|}{N}=\frac{36}{48}=0.75\end{aligned}\)