Name: Stephen M.

Africa

Course/Section: BSBA - FM1A

MEAUSURE OF RELATIVE POSITION

I. The following are the grades of the random students of Lipa City Colleges in MATHMOD:
75,76,85,90,94,74,87,86,91,80,75,75,94,97,89,75. Find the 3 rd quartile, 7th decile, 75th
percentile. (Step by step)

Class Scores f
60-62 2
57-59 2
54-56 4
51-53 5
48-50 11
45-47 8
42-44 4
39-41 2
36-38 1
33-35 1
nd th th
II. Find the 2 quartile, 5 decile and 50 percentile of the given below. (Step by step)

Answer:

I.
Step 1: 74, 75, 75, 75, 75, 76, 80, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 94, 94, 97
Step 2: Quartile:
Given: N= 16
n= 3

Q3=?

n(N + 1) 12 th+13 th
Formula: Qn= Q 3=
4 2
3(16+ 1) 90+ 91
Q 3= Q 3=
4 2
 Q3=¿ 12.75th score Q3=¿ 90.5

Step 2: Decile:

Given: N= 16

n= 7

D 7=?

n(N + 1)
Formula: D 7= D 7=¿ 11th + .9(from 11.9) (12th - 11th)
10

7(16+1)
D 7= D 7=¿ 89 + .9 (90 – 89)
10

D 7=¿ 11.9th score D 7=¿ 89.9

Percentile:

Given: N= 16

n= 75

P75=?

n(N +1)
Formula: P75 = P75 =¿ 12th + .75(from 12.75) (13th – 12th)
100

75(16+1)
P75 = P75 =¿ 90 + .75 (91-90)
100

P75 =¿ 12.75th score P75 =¿ 90.75

II.

Class score f Cf
60-62 2 40
57-59 2 38
54-56 4 36
51-53 5 32
48-50 11 27- quartile class
45-47 8 16
42-44 4 8
 39-41 2 4
36-38 1 2
33-35 1 1
N= 40

Quartile:

n(N )
Given: N= 40 Q 2= Other variables: X LB =¿ 48 – .5
4

2(40)
n= 2 Q 2= = 47.5
4

Q2=? Q2=¿ 20 F= 16

f= 11

i= 3

Formula:
Qn= X LB +[
(
i
nN
4
−F )
]
f

Q 2=47.5+[
3 ( (2 x440) −16) ]
11

Q2=¿ 47.86

Decile:

Class score f Cf
60-62 2 40
57-59 2 38
54-56 4 36
51-53 5 32
48-50 11 27- decile class
45-47 8 16
42-44 4 8
39-41 2 4
36-38 1 2
33-35 1 1
N= 40
n(N )
Decile: N= 40 D 5= Other variables: X LB =¿ 48 – .5
10
 5(40)
n= 5 D 5= = 47.5
10

D 5=? D 5=¿ 20 F= 16

f= 11

i= 3

Formula:
Dn= X LB +[
i( nN
10
−F )
]
f

D 5=47.5+[
3 ( (5 x1040) −16) ]
11

D 5=¿ 48.59

Percentile:

Class score f Cf
60-62 2 40
57-59 2 38
54-56 4 36
51-53 5 32
48-50 11 27- percentile class
45-47 8 16
42-44 4 8
39-41 2 4
36-38 1 2
33-35 1 1
N= 40

n(N )
Percentile: N= 40 P 5 0= Other variables: X LB =¿ 48 – .5
100

5 0( 40)
n= 50 P 5 0= = 47.5
10 0

P50 =? P5 0=¿ 20 F= 16
 f= 11

i= 3

Formula:
Pn= X LB +[
i( nN
100
−F )
]
f

P50 =47.5+[
3 ( (50100x 40) −16) ]
11

P50 =¿ 51.81