Measure of Position

I. Things Learned and Insights

I learned these three measures of position namely quartiles, deciles, and
percentiles which are closely related to each other, however they may vary in usage
according what is required in a problem.
 Quartiles
Score points which divide a distribution into four equal parts.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of the distribution are below the first
quartile, fifty percent (50%) below the second quartile, and
seventy-five percent (75%) below the third quartile. Q1 is called
the lower quartile and Q3 is the upper quartile. Q1<Q2<Q3, where
Q2 is the median.
 Deciles
There are nine deciles. These divide the sorted values of the
distribution into ten equal parts. It is impossible to know that D5 is
the median score of the data, same as the second quartile. Deciles
are useful when dealing with large number of values or quantities.
 Percentiles
Percentiles, on the other hand, are the values that divide a set of
data into 100 equal parts. These values are denoted by P1, P2,
P3….P99. In percentiles P50 is the median score of the data.
Percentiles are calculated for very large data. I also learned that
there are very similar formula to get the measure of position. The
functions of each quantile vary accordingly to the size of the data.
Overall, the measure of position is very important in statistics, and most
especially in research because it helps know where the obtained score of a study or
experiment belongs to.
II. Concept Map
a measure of position is a
method by which the
position that a particular
data value has within a
given data set can be
identified
Measure of Position

Quartile Percentile
Decile
is a measure of position is a measure of position
is a measure of position
that divides the data that divides the data
that divides the data
given into four equal given into 100 equal
given into ten equal parts.
parts. parts.

Qk= (n+1) Dk= (n+1) Pk= (n+1)

Ungrouped Data Ungrouped Data Ungrouped Data

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Grouped Data Grouped Data Grouped Data

III. Difficulties
In this chapter, I encountered difficulties of sorting the ungrouped data. Sorting
the data in ascending order is challenging especially when done manually and the size
of the data is large. Another one is there are different ways to obtain the quantile of the
ungrouped data. The answer of each method may even vary from each other. It is hard
to know what method is used to reach the same answer. There are more challenges
and difficulties in the lesson. But in my experience, though it is tough, you can still find
the answer of the given problems by understanding and focusing on the given formulas
and steps.
IV. Unforgettable Experience/Activities
I realized that the measures of position can be very important in treating the
data. It helps researchers know position of the data in a given set of values. Statistician
may want to know the position of a value relative to other values and this is how the
measures of position come in.
The learning module was really challenging, however, I know I’ll eventually have
more encounters with measure of position or statistics in general especially when we
have our research in senior high school or in college or even beyond that point. In the
other hand, I hope I will make more discoveries that would astound me and eventually
increase my interest on this topic!