MEASURES OF

POSITION FOR
GROUPED DATA
OBJECTIVE
S
■ ILLUSTRATE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES OF
POSITION: QUARTILES, DECILES AND
PERCENTILE

■ CALCULATE SPECIFIED MEASURE OF

POSITION (E.G 90TH PERCENTILE) OF A SET OF
DATA
Measures of Position
■ It is a number that tells where the scores
stands relative to the others in a set of data.
■ It is a measure whether a value is about the
average, or whether its unusually high or low.
■ It is used for quantitative data that falls on
some numerical scale.
■ It can be applied to ordinal variables.
Measures of Position
■ 3 MEASURES OF POSITION:

1. QUARTILE

2. DECILE

3. PERCENTILE
QUARTILE
■ QUARTILE are the score points which divide
a distribution into four equal parts.

Q1 –
Q2 - Q3 – UPPER
LOWER
MEDIAN QUARTILE
QUARTILE
25% of the data 50% of the data fall 75% of the data
fall below the third
fall below the below the second quartile
first quartile quartile

Q1 –
Q2 - Q3 – UPPER
LOWER
MEDIAN QUARTILE
QUARTILE
DECILE
■ DECILE divides data into ten equal parts.
■ In decile we have D1 up to D9.

PERCENTILE
■ PERCENTILE divides data into one hundred
equal parts.
■ In percentile we have P1 up to P99.
FORMUL
A:
 SCORES OF 40 STUDENTS IN A 60-POINT QUIZ
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER <CF
(f) BOUNDARY
53-58 3
47-52 4
41-46 1
35-40 2
29-34 10
23-28 11
17-22 4
11-16 3
5-10 2
 SCORES OF 40 STUDENTS IN A 60-POINT QUIZ
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER <CF
(f) BOUNDARY
53-58 3 52.5
47-52 4 46.5
41-46 1 40.5
35-40 2 34.5
29-34 10 28.5
23-28 11 22.5
17-22 4 16.5
11-16 3 10.5
5-10 2 4.5
 SCORES OF 40 STUDENTS IN A 60-POINT QUIZ
SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER <CF
(f) BOUNDARY
53-58 3 52.5 40
47-52 4 46.5 37
41-46 1 40.5 33
35-40 2 34.5 32
29-34 10 28.5 30
23-28 11 22.5 20
17-22 4 16.5 9
11-16 3 10.5 5
5-10 2 4.5 2
 FIND Q1
SCORES FREQUEN LOWER <CF
CY BOUNDAR
Y

53-58 3 52.5 40
47-52 4 46.5 37
41-46 1 40.5 33
35-40 2 34.5 32 Q1 = 23.05
29-34 10 28.5 30
23-28 11 22.5 20
17-22 4 16.5 9
11-16 3 10.5 5
5-10 2 4.5 2
 FIND D9
SCORES FREQUEN LOWER <CF
CY BOUNDAR
Y

53-58 3 52.5 40
47-52 4 46.5 37
41-46 1 40.5 33
35-40 2 34.5 32 D9 = 51
29-34 10 28.5 30
23-28 11 22.5 20
17-22 4 16.5 9
11-16 3 10.5 5
5-10 2 4.5 2
 FIND P70
SCORES FREQUEN LOWER <CF
CY BOUNDAR
Y

53-58 3 52.5 40
47-52 4 46.5 37
41-46 1 40.5 33
35-40 2 34.5 32 P70 = 33.3
29-34 10 28.5 30
23-28 11 22.5 20
17-22 4 16.5 9
11-16 3 10.5 5
5-10 2 4.5 2
Questions?
Example: Find the Q3, D5, AND P33 OF THE FOLLOWING SET OF DATA.

SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER <CF

BOUNDARY
46-50 4
41-45 8
36-40 11
31-35 9
26-30 12
21-25 6
Example: Find the Q3, D5, AND P33 OF THE FOLLOWING SET OF DATA.

SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER <CF

BOUNDARY
46-50 4 45.5
41-45 8 40.5
36-40 11 35.5
31-35 9 30.5
26-30 12 25.5
21-25 6 20.5
Example: Find the Q3, D5, AND P33 OF THE FOLLOWING SET OF DATA.

SCORES FREQUENCY LOWER <CF

BOUNDARY
46-50 4 45.5 50
41-45 8 40.5 46
36-40 11 35.5 38
31-35 9 30.5 27
26-30 12 25.5 18
21-25 6 20.5 6
 FIND Q3
SCORES FREQUENC LOWER <CF
Y BOUNDARY

46-50 4 45.5 50 Q3

41-45 8 40.5 46
3 50
36-40 11 35.5 38 37.5
Q3 = 40.27
31-35 9 30.5 27
37.5 - 27

26-30 12 25.5 18 35.5 5

21-25 6 20.5 6
 FIND D5
SCORES FREQUENC LOWER <CF
Y BOUNDARY

46-50 4 45.5 50 D5

41-45 8 40.5 46
5 50
36-40 11 35.5 38 25
10 D5 = 34.39
31-35 9 30.5 27
25 - 18
26-30 12 25.5 18 D5 30.5 5
9

21-25 6 20.5 6
 FIND P33
SCORES FREQUENC LOWER <CF
Y BOUNDARY

46-50 4 45.5 50 P33

41-45 8 40.5 46
33 50
16.5
36-40 11 35.5 38
100 P33 = 29.88
31-35 9 30.5 27
16.5 - 6

26-30 12 25.5 18 P33 25.5 5

12

21-25 6 20.5 6
Questions?
THANK YOU!
PREPARED BY: MR. SPENCER L. SEVILLA