STATISTICS

(MEASURES
LOCATION)
By: Johanne H. Rivas

MEASURES OF LOCATION
Percentile
Decile
Quartile

PERCENTILE (CENTILE, )

For

ungrouped data:

For

grouped data:

where:

i = interval size

DECILE ()

For

ungrouped data:

For

grouped data:

where:

i = interval size

QUARTILE ()

For

ungrouped data:

For

grouped data:

where:

i = interval size

Example 1
Determine the numbers contained in the (a) P 25,
(b) D5, (c) Q3, (d) percentile rank of 30, (e) decile
rank of 23 and (f) quartile rank of 15 of the set of
numbers shown below:
14 22 17 21 30 28 37 7 23 32 24
17 20 22 27 19 26 21 15 29

Solution:
Arrange the numbers in an ascending order.
7 14 15 17 17 19 20 21 21 22 22
23 24 26 27 28 29 30 32 37


a. P25

= (17 + 19)/2
P25 = 18
b. D25 = (22 + 22)/2
D25 = 22
c. Q3 = (27 + 28)/2
Q3 = 27.5

d. Percentile Score
80
28.5
k
30
90
31
k = 86th

e.

Decile
5
22
k
23
6
23.5

Score

k = 5.67th

f.

Since 15 is in the middle part of the 1st 25th

observation or quartile 1, then k = 0.5th.

Example 2
The frequency distribution given below refers to
the overtime worked by a group of craftsmen
during each of 48 working weeks in a year.
2529 5, 3034 4, 3539 7,
4044 11, 4549 12, 5054 8,
5559 1
Find (a) P25, (b) D5 and (c) Q3. Also determine
the (d) percentile rank of 52, (e) the decile rank
of 33 and (f) the quartile rank of 48.

Table 9
Overtime Work by 48 Craftsmen
Working Days

Freq. (f)

CF<

25 29

30 34

35 39

16

40 44

11

27

45 49

12

39

50 54

47

55 - 59

48

N = 48


a.

.
= 36.64
b.
.
= 43.14
c.
.
= 48.25


d.

= 89.58th
e.
= 1.63rd
f.
= 2.95th