99 Percentile Qs Bank for JEE MainMathematicsStatistics
If x ¯ is the mean of n observations x 1 , x 2 , … , x n then the mean of the absolute deviations of these observations from x ¯ is
Options
- Athe variance of the data
- Bthe mean proportion of the data
- Cthe standard deviation of the data
- Dthe mean deviation of the data
Correct answer
D. the mean deviation of the data
Step-by-step solution
If x ¯ is the mean of n observations x 1 , x 2 , … , x n then the mean of the absolute deviations of these observations from x ¯ is the mean deviation of the data. Here, x ¯ = x 1 + x 2 + . . . + x n n         . . . . 1 Mean deviation = x 1 - x ¯ + x 2 - x ¯ + . . . + x n - x ¯ n