5.2. Ungrouped Data to Find the Mean http://www.ck12.org
Step 4:
Press
2ND
0
to obtain the CATALOG menu of the calculator. Scroll down to the sum function and enterL 3 →
.
You can repeat this step to determine the sum ofL 2 →
.
Now the mean of the data can be calculated as follows:
x=
324
12
= 27
Note that not all the data values and frequencies are visible in the screenshots, but rest assured that they were all
entered into the calculator.
After entering the data into L1, the frequencies into L2, and pressing
2ND
MODE
, another way to solve this problem with the calculator would have been to press
2ND
STAT
, go to the MATH menu, choose option 3, and enter L1 and L2 separated by a comma so that you have mean(L1,
L2). Then press
ENTER
to get the answer. This way, the calculator will do all the calculations for you.