merits and demerits of grouped data

Merits: - Mean deviation is easy to calculate. This measure is simple to understand. This can be calculated from any average. Its value is based upon all the (observations) items of the data. It is less affected by extreme observations. It gives us an idea about how the items ar..

Introduction - Today graphics, tables, reasoning, estimation and prediction are playing a very important role in stating the facts in terms of figures. Statistics deals mainly in communicating facts and figures in terms of a method called statistical method. Collection, classification, tabulation, ..

The two-kingdom classification received considerable recognition from biologists and was in use for quite a long period of time. However, as more and more information started emerging on the various groups of plants and animals, this system of classification was found to be inadequate. St..

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Mean deviation is easy to calculate. This measure is simple to understand. This can be calculated from any average. Its value is based upon all the (observations) items of the data. It is less affected by extreme observations. It gives us an idea about how the items are situa..

Mendeleev's periodic table was one of the greatest achievements in Chemistry with some of its important contributions as follows: As the arrangements are classified into groups, it was very useful in studying and remembering the properties of a large number of elements in a systematic ..

There are three methods to find mean for a frequency distribution. (i) Direct method: where x is the mid-interval f is the frequency M is the mean (ii) Short-cut method: where A = assumed mean d = x - A (iii) Step-deviation method: where i = class size We illustrate each of these methods w..

(Formation of ethers) - Williamson Synthesis This reaction is called 'Williamson's synthesis' and is quite useful for preparing ethers. Haloalkanes can also be converted into ethers by heating with dry silver oxide. ..

Mrs.Smith has divided all the students in her class into groups. The line plot shows the number of girls in each group. Find the mode of the data shown. => 11 or 5 or 9 or 4..

The tally chart represents the favorite colors of a group of students. Which graph represents the data correctly? => Graph 4 or Graph 2 or Graph 1 or Graph 3..