MEASURE OF POSITION

DECILES (Ungrouped Data)

Presented by: Korina Q. Lebantino

Overview
A decile is made up of nine data points that divide a data set into 10
equal portions, as opposed to quartile, which are three data points that
divide an observation into four equal groups or quarters. To find the
highest and lowest values by a certain criterion, an analyst or statistician
rates the data and then splits them into decile.

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Objectives:
After successfully completing this lesson, you will able to:
1. Interpret the differences of quartile
and decile,

2. calculate a specified measure of

position of a set of data;

3. solve problems involving measure of

position (deciles).
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The Deciles for Ungrouped Data
The median divides the data set into two equal parts. Quartiles divide the
data set into four equal parts. Deciles, on the other hand, are values that divide
the data set into ten equal parts. There are nine deciles which are denoted as,

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Deciles are computed in the same way as the quartiles. First, we arrange the
data in ascending order. Next, locate the position of the deciles in the data
set. To do this, we use the following formula: and round UP to the nearest
integer. Finally, find the value that corresponds to the computed position.

where ; i = size of the class interval / width of the decile class

n = sum of all frequencies

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 Example:

A. Mr. Ling is an English teacher. He is interested in the reading speed of his students. The
following are the numbers of words his students can read in one minute. 50, 25,
23,30,42, 20, 13, 16,16, 10, 12, 11, 11,11, 19
  the seventh decile.
Find
1. Arrange the numbers of words read by the students in one minute in ascending order. 10,
11, 11, 11, 12, 13, 16, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25,30,42, 50

2. Locate the position of using the formula and round up to the nearest integer. Since
there are 15 values in the data set, then 𝑛 = 15 and we are looking for , then 𝑖 = 7.

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Position of

Position of

= The computed value 11.2

becomes 11, we cannot round it up
= to the nearest integer.
=  
= 11.2

3. Find the 11th value in the data set.

10, 11, 11, 11, 12, 13, 16, 16, 19, 20, 23, 25, 30, 42, 50

𝑫 𝟕 =𝟐𝟑 7
 Example:

B. Find the 3rd and 7th decile of the following test scores of a random sample of ten students:
35, 42, 40, 28, 15, 23, 33, 20, 18 and 28.

Solutions: 15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40, 42

=
=
=
= 3.3 or 3
8

is the 3rd element that is equal to 20.

 =
=
=
= 7.7
The computed value 7.7 becomes 8 after rounding up to the nearest integer.

is the 8th element that is equal to 35.

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Activities

1. What measure divides the distribution into ten equal parts?

A. Median B. Quartile C. Decile D. percentile

2. Solve for the 8th decile with the given set of data below:

13, 25, 18, 36, 20, 24, 17, 10, 11, 19, 15, 27, 32, 44, 50, 7, 48, 29, 35, 49

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HAVE A GREAT DAY

Presented by: Korina Q. Lebantino