PRAYE

MEASURES of
POSITION
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REVIEW
SORT THE DATA SET FROM LEAST TO
GREATEST
16 29 24 17 20 28 15 10 25 19 12
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REVIEW
Find the median of the data set

10 12 15 16 17 19 20 24 25 28 29
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Measures of
position
Position
RANK
Upper 10%
Upper 5%
Upper quarter
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Measures of Position
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. It is
used to describe the standing or location of
an observation relative to the rest of the data.
The most commonly used measures of
position are quartiles, deciles and percentiles.
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QUARTIL
ES
are measures that divide an arranged data
(smallest to largest) into 4 equal parts.
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third quartile (upper

First quartile (lower quartile) quartile)

second quartile
(median)
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EXAMPLE 1
The number of nuclear power plants in the top 15
nuclear power-producing countries in the world are
listed. Find the first, second, and third quartiles of the
data set. Find the quartiles.

7, 20, 16, 6, 58, 9, 20, 50, 23, 33, 8, 10, 15, 16, 104
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EXAMPLE Solution
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The number of nuclear power plants in the top 15
nuclear power-producing countries in the world are
listed. Find the first, second, and third quartiles of the
data set. Find the quartiles.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 16, 20, 20, 23, 33, 50, 58, 104
𝑸𝟏 𝑸𝟐 𝑸𝟑
Interpretation About one-quarter of the countries have 9 or
fewer nuclear power plants; about one-half have 16 or
fewer; and about three-quarters have 33 or fewer.
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FORMULA
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EXAMPLE Solution
1 2
The number of nuclear power plants in the top 15
nuclear power-producing countries in the world are
listed. Find the first, second, and third quartiles of the
data set. Find the quartiles.

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 16, 20, 20, 23, 33, 50, 58, 104
𝑸𝟏 𝑸𝟐 𝑸𝟑
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EXAMPLE 2
Find the first and third quartile, given the scores of 9
students in their Mathematics quiz.

1, 27, 16, 7, 31, 7, 30, 3, 21

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EXAMPLE 2
Find the first and third quartile, given the scores of 9
students in their Mathematics quiz.
1, 3, 7, 7, 16, 21, 27 30, 31
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EXAMPLE 2
Find the first and third quartile, given the scores of 9
students in their Mathematics quiz.
1, 3, 7, 7, 16, 21, 27 30, 31
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INTERQUARTILE RANGE
The interquartile range (IQR) is the difference
between the third and first quartiles.
𝐼𝑄𝑅=𝑄 3 − 𝑄1
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EXAMPLE 3
Find the interquartile range of the data in Example 2.

𝑸 𝟏=𝟓 𝑸 𝟑=𝟐𝟖 . 𝟓
𝑰𝑸𝑹=𝟐𝟖 .𝟓−𝟓¿𝟐𝟑.𝟓
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DECILES
are measures that divide an arranged data
(smallest to largest) into 10 equal parts.
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FORMULA
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EXAMPLE 3
Find the 3rd decile or of the following test scores of a
random sample of ten students:

35, 42, 40, 28, 15, 23, 33, 20, 18 and 28

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EXAMPLE 3
Find the 3rd decile or of the following test scores of a
random sample of ten students:

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

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EXAMPLE 3
Find the 3rd decile or of the following test scores of a
random sample of ten students:
15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40, 42
PERCENTILE
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S
are measures that divide an arranged data
(smallest to largest) into 100 equal parts.
PERCENTILES
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FORMULA

( )
𝑡h
𝑖⋅ (𝑛+1 )
𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑃 𝑖 =
100
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EXAMPLE 5

Find the 30th percentile of the following test scores of a

random sample of ten students:
35, 42, 40, 28, 15, 23, 33, 20, 18, and 28.

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

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EXAMPLE 5

Find the 30th percentile of the following test scores of a

random sample of ten students:
15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40, 42
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EXAMPLE 6

Using the same data, what if we want to know the

percentile rank of a student who scored 35. For this we
can use the following formula,
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FORMULA
To find the percentile that corresponds to a specific
data entry , use the formula
𝐿
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒= ⋅ 100 %
𝑛

𝑊h𝑒𝑟𝑒;𝐿=𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡h𝑎𝑛𝑋

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EXAMPLE 6
15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 28, 33, 35, 40, 42
𝐿
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒= ⋅100 %
𝑛
𝐿=7 7
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑒= ⋅100 %
𝒏=𝟏𝟎 10
¿ 70 %
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EXERCISES
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EXERCISES
Calculate , , and for the following data:
1, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 1, 14
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EXERCISES
Calculate , , and for the following data:
1, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 1, 14
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EXERCISES
Calculate , , and for the following data:
1, 4, 5, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 1, 14
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ENRICHMENT
Calculate , , and for the following data:
11, 4, 5, 12, 6, 17, 10, 11, 14, 10, 14
What percentile is the data entry 12.
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ENRICHMENT
Calculate , , and for the following data:
11, 4, 5, 12, 6, 17, 10, 11, 14, 10, 14
What percentile is the data entry 12.
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ENRICHMENT
Calculate , , and for the following data:
11, 4, 5, 12, 6, 17, 10, 11, 14, 10, 14

What percentile is the data entry 12.

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