The size of land holding of 380 families in a village is given below. Find the median size of the
land holding
Size of land
(in acres)
Less than
100
100-200 200-300 300-400 400 and
above
Number of
families
40 89 148 64 39
Answers
Explanation:
the frequency is 68
Answer:
Size of Land Holdings Number of families Cumulative frequency
Class Interval (f) (CF)
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0-100 40 40
100-200 89 129
200-300 148 277
300-400 64 341
400-500 39 380
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Total Σf = 380
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Σf = N = 380
Median = Size of (N/2)th item
= 380/2 = 190th item
It lies in class 200-300.