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Introduction of Measures of Position
Introduction of Measures of Position
Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division II of Pangasinan
BAUTISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bautista, Pangasinan
S.Y. 2022-2023
Noted:
The quartiles can be interpreted in several ways. For 𝑄1, we can claim that the pig, dog, and
rooster belong to the 25% of the group that arrived latest in the group. The pig, dog, rooster, monkey,
sheep and horse belong to the 50% group that arrived later than the rest of the group. The pig, dog,
rooster, monkey, sheep, horse, snake, dragon, and rabbit belong to the 75% group that arrived later
than the rest of the group.
Exercise 1.
You are one of the students who fall in line during the flag ceremony. The earliest student will
be in front followed by the next student who will arrive. If you are 8 students in line and you arrived
earlier than 6 of your classmates. In which quartile do you belong? If you are the fourth student to
arrive, what percent of the student arrive later than you?
Deciles – are values that divide the data set into ten equal parts. There are nine deciles which are
denoted as D 1 , D2 , D3 , D4 , D5 , D6 , D7 , D8 ,∧¿D 9 ¿
Example 1:
The Top 10 countries ranked by TikTok users in 2021 are represented by this table. If you are
living in Vietnam, in what decile do you belong? If you are living in UK, how many countries have
greater TikTok users than your country?
Exercise 2.
You are one of the top-performing students in math. After your exam,
the teacher announces your scores from lowest to highest. If you scored 45,
in what decile do you belong? How many students did you surpassed?
EXAM SCORES
23 24 25 25 28 30 31 33 35 36 37 37 39 40 40 40 45 46 47 48
Percentiles – are values that divide the data set into 100 equal parts. There are ninety-nine percentiles
which are denoted as P1 , P2 , P3 ,........... , P 99.
Example 1:
An 18-year-old male who is six and a half feet tall is in the 99th percentile for his height. This means
that of all the 18-year-old males, 99 percent have a height that is equal to or less than six and a half
feet. An 18-year-old male who is only five and a half feet tall, on the other hand, is in the 16th
percentile for his height, meaning only 16 percent of males his age is the same height or shorter.
Example 2:
You are the fourth tallest person in a group of 20. 80% of people are shorter than you. That means
you are at the 80th percentile. If your height is 1.85m then "1.85m" is the 80th percentile height in
that group.
Generalization
1. What are the different measures of position?
2. How do we define quartiles, deciles and percentiles?
IV. Evaluation
1. You are the fourth tallest student in a group of 10.
a. How many percent of students are shorter than you?
b. How many percent of the students are taller than you?
c. In what quartile do you belong?
2. Mrs. Marasigan is a veterinarian. One morning, she asked her secretary to record the service
time for 10 customers. The following are service times in minutes. (55, 28, 46, 32, 25, 28, 37,
47, 52, 17). Find the value of the 2nd and 8th decile.
V. Assignment
1. Mrs. Labonete gave a test to her students in Statistics. The students finished their test in 35
minutes. This time is the 2.5th decile of the allotted time. What does this mean?
APPENDIX A