Adaptive Community for the Continuity of Education and Student Services National Teachers College

Jomar V. Tamani ADVANCE STATISTICS

Ms. Marissa Rocha Thurs/10:00-11:30pm
TASK 1: CALCULATING THE MEASURES OF POSITION

Suppose that you are a teacher in Math in the 7th grade and the number of the students in your class is 20. You
administered a 100-item periodical exam to them. The scores of your 20 students are provide. Calculate Q1,
D1 and P10. As a teacher, what does the value of Q1 and P1 imply in terms of student’s performance in your
exam?

STUDEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
T 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
SCORE 6 9 7 2 6 5 4 3 1 7 5 2 9 1 7 9 2 5 5 6
4 4 1 8 4 4 2 2 3 4 3 0 3 1 0 9 0 6

STUDE SCORE
NT 1N 1N
Quatile 1(Q 1)= Decile 1(D1)=
14 1 4 10
7 D1 4 P1
9 12 1(20) 1(20)
Q 1= D 1=
17 20 4 10
12 Q1 23 20
20 ( D 1 )= =2 nd score
4 28 ( Q 1 )= =5 th score
8 32
4 of the
Therefore, the 25% Therefore, the1010% of the
19 50 scores of Grade 7 students scores of Grade 7 students
6 54 who participated in periodic who participated in periodic
11 54 exam are less than 23, and the exam are less than 4, and the
18 59 75% of score is greater than 90% of scores are greater
1 64 23. than 4.
5 64
20 66
3 71
10 73
15 73
13 90
1N Therefore, the 10% of the
Percentile 1( P 10)=
16 91 100 scores of Grade 7 students
2 94 who participated in periodic
1 0(20) exam are less than 4, and the
( P 10)=
10 90% of scores are greater
20 0 than 4.
( P 10 )= =2 nd score
100