{"id":12309,"date":"2022-10-16T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T18:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/?p=12309"},"modified":"2022-10-16T00:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T18:32:59","slug":"the-following-table-shows-the-ages-of-the-patients-admitted-in-a-hospital-find-the-mode-of-the-given-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/the-following-table-shows-the-ages-of-the-patients-admitted-in-a-hospital-find-the-mode-of-the-given-data\/","title":{"rendered":"The following table shows the ages of the patients admitted in a hospital. Find the mode of the given data."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Age (in years)<\/td> | 5 – 15<\/td> | 15 – 25<\/td> | 25 – 35<\/td> | 35 – 45<\/td> | 45 – 55<\/td> | 55 – 65<\/td><\/tr> |
No. of cases<\/td> | 6<\/td> | 11<\/td> | 21<\/td> | 23<\/td> | 14<\/td> | 5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSolution :<\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe class (35 – 45) has maximum frequency, i.e. 23 therefore this is the modal class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lower limit of the modal class = l = 35<\/p>\n\n\n\n Width of Class – interval = h = 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n Frequency of the modal class = \\(f_k\\) = 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Frequency of the class preceding the modal class = \\(f_{k-1}\\) = 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n Frequency of the class succeeding the modal class = \\(f_{k+1}\\) = 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mode = l + h(\\(f_k – f_{k-1}\\over 2f_k – f_{k-1} – f_{k+1}\\)) = 35 + 10(\\(23 – 21\\over 46 – 35\\))<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mode = 35 + \\(20\\over 11\\) = 35 + 1.8181 = 36.818<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence, the average age for which maximum cases occurred is 36.818<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question : Age (in years) 5 – 15 15 – 25 25 – 35 35 – 45 45 – 55 55 – 65 No. of cases 6 11 21 23 14 5 Solution : The class (35 – 45) has maximum frequency, i.e. 23 therefore this is the modal class. Lower limit of the modal …<\/p>\n |