Measures of

Location Measures
of Position
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MEASUREMENT
DIVIDE
POSITION
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EQUAL
Statistics do not lie, but
liars use statistics…
Descriptive Statistics
Measures of Central Tendency:
 Mean
 Median
 Mode
Measures of Variability:
 Range
 Mean deviation
 Variance and
Standard Deviation
Descriptive Statistics

Measures of Position: 25%

 Quartiles
 Deciles 25%
 Percentiles 25%

25%
Quartiles
Q1 (locator):
[0.25(n + 1)]th Q3

Q2
Q1
25%
Quartiles
Q1 (locator):
[0.25(n + 1)]th Q3
Median/ Q2 (locator):
Q2
[0.5(n + 1)]th
Q1 50%
Quartiles
Q1 (locator):
[0.25(n + 1)]th
Q3
Median/ Q2 (locator):
[0.5(n + Q2
75%
Q1)
3 ]
(locator):
th
Q1
[0.75(n + 1)]th
 D9
D8
Measures of Position: D7
 Quartiles
 Deciles D6 = Median
 Percentiles D4
D3
D5

D2
Quartiles
Example:
Given the following data:
11 18 24 33 47 59 61 72
Find the following:
1. Q1 = 19.5

2. Q
3. Q23 = = 40
60.5
Example:
Given the following data:
11 18 24 33 47 59 61 72
Find the following:
 Page 371, Activity
6
• Find the quartiles given the scores of 10
students in their Mathematics activity
using Linear Interpolation
• 4 9 7 14 10
• 8 12 15 6 11
4 7 8 9 1 1 14
6 𝟏 𝟏1 2 15
+ 1) =
Q1 : (n10
𝟒 (11) = 2. 75
𝟒
7
6
2 3
Q1 = 6 + .75 =
(1) 6 .75
4 7 8 1 1 1 1 1
6 𝟑 9 0 𝟑1 2 4 5
Q3 : (n = = 8.
𝟒 (11)
+ 1) 25
𝟒
1 1
28 4
9

Q3 = 12 + .25 (2) = 12. 5

 Page 375, Activity
• Given 50 multiple-choice items in their final test
11 the scores of 30 students are
in Mathematics,
the following:
• 23 38 28 46 22
• 20 18 34 36 35
• 45 48 16 22 27
• 25 29 31 30 25
• 44 21 18 43 21
• 26 37 29 13 37
• Calculate Q1, Q2, Q3, D2 and
D3
 Page 377, Activity
• 12 of Miss World candidates
The scores
from seven judges were recorded as
• follows:
8.45 9.20 8.56 9.13
• 8.67 8.85 9.17
• Find the 60th percentile or P60 of the judges’
scores.
• What is the P35 of the judges’ scores?
Take note that we don’t interpolate
for deciles and percentiles.