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Grouping of Data

In mathematics grouping of data we will learn how to group data.

So far, we have considered ungrouped data. When the number of observations is large,

we may condense the data into several groups. We record the frequency of observations falling in each group.

Presentation of data in groups along with the frequency of each group is known as the frequency distribution of the grouped data.


Examples on grouping data are explained here in detailed step-by-step explanation.

Grouping of Data

1. The marks obtained by 40 students of class VIII in an examination are given below: 

16, 17, 18, 3, 7, 23, 18, 13, 10, 21, 7, 1, 13, 21, 13, 15, 19, 24, 16, 2, 23, 5, 12, 18, 8, 12, 6, 8, 16, 5, 3, 5, 0, 7, 9, 12, 20, 10, 2, 23 


Divide the data into five groups, namely, 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20 and 20-25, where 0-5 means marks greater than or equal to 0 but less than 5 and similarly 5-10 means marks greater than or equal to 5 but less than 10, and so on. Prepare a frequency table for the grouped data.

Solution:

Arranging the given observations in ascending order, we get them as

  0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 15, 16, 16,
  16, 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21, 23, 23, 23, 24

Thus, the frequency distribution may be given as under:

Grouping of Data



Note: Here, each of the groups 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20 and 20-25 is called a class interval.

In class interval 10-15, the number 10 is called the lower limit and 15 is called the upper limit of the class interval.

The difference between the upper limit and the lower limit of any class interval is called the class size.

Thus, the class size in the above frequency distribution is 5.

The mid value of a class is called its class mark and is obtained by adding its upper and lower class limits and dividing the sum by 2.

Thus, the class mark of 0-5 is (0 + 5)/2 = 2.5

the class mark of 5-10 is (5 + 10)/2 = 7.5, etc.


2. The weights (in kg) of 35 persons are given below: 


43, 51, 47, 62, 48, 40, 50, 62, 53, 56, 40, 48, 56, 53, 50, 42, 55, 52, 48, 46, 45, 54, 52, 50, 47, 44, 54, 55, 60, 63, 58, 55, 60, 58, 53

Prepare a frequency distribution table taking equal class size. One such class is 40-45 (where 45 is not included).

Solution:

We may represent the data as given below:


Note: Here, each of the data groups 40-45, 45-50, 50-55, 55-60 and 60-65 is called a class interval.


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