MEASURES

OF
POSITION
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LESSON 1
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Quartiles are the three values of

a variable, which divides its
distribution into four equal
parts.
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How do we find quartiles?

Find the following quartiles:

 The Lower quartile is the median of the lower half of the data set.

 value where n is the number of data values in the data set

 The Median is the middle value of the data set.

 value where n is the number of data values in the data set

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 The Upper quartile is the median of the upper half of the data set.

 value where n is the number of data values in the data set

 The Inner Quartile Range is the spread of the middle 50% of the data
values.

 =

 determine the values for 25%, 50%, and 75% of the data.

 coincides with median.

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EXAMPLE 1
Find and interquartile in the given data set:
4, 17, 7, 14, 18, 12, 3, 16, 10, 4, 4, 11

Solution:
a. Arrange first the numbers in ascending order.
3, 4,4,4,7,10,11,12,14,16,17,18
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Solution:
b. Find or median.
10+11
𝑄 2=
2
21
𝑄 2=
2

𝑄 2=10.5
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Solution:
c. Find
= median of the lower half of the data set

4 +4
𝑄1 =
2
8
𝑄1 =
2

𝑄1 =4
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Solution:
d. Find
= median of the lower half of the data set
14+ 16
𝑄 3=
2

30
𝑄 3=
2

𝑄 3=15
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Solution:

e. 𝑄 3 − 𝑄1
¿ 15 − 4
¿ 11
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EXAMPLE 2
Find the median, lower quartile, upper quartile, and
interquartile of the following data set of scores: 18,
20, 23, 20, 23, 27, 24, 23, 29.
Solution:
a. Arrange first the numbers in ascending order.
18,20,20,23,23,23,24,27 ,29
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Solution:
b. Find median.
Median or value

1
𝑄 2= ¿
2
10 𝑡h
𝑄 2=
2
𝑄 2=5 𝑡h
𝑄 2=23
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Solution:
c. Lower quartile or
value

1 20+20
𝑄1 = ¿ 𝑄1 =
4 2
40
10 𝑡h 𝑄1 =
𝑄1 = 2
4
𝑄1 =2 0
𝑄1 =2 .5 𝑡h
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Solution:
d. Upper quartile or
value
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Solution:
e. Inter Quartile Range = upper quartile – lower quartile
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EXAMPLE 3
Find the median, lower quartile, and upper quartile
of the following data set of scores: 12, 5, 22, 30, 7
36, 14, 42, 15, 53, 25
Solution:
a. Arrange first the numbers in ascending order.
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Solution:
b. Find median.
Median or value
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Solution:
c. Lower quartile or
value
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Solution:
d. Upper quartile or
value
 ACTIVITY 1

Given the following scores, determine

33 25 32 43 26
35 47 25 30 35
28 37 25 43 29
26 18 25 32 30
43 31 28 22 22