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Mathematics
Learner’s Module
Quarter 4-Lesson 1

Measures of Position for Grouped Data

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MEASURES OF POSITION FOR
LESSON 2 UNGROUPED DATA

WHAT TO KNOW
To check your readiness for the next topic, review the previous lessons. These will
help you in the study of measures of position for ungrouped data. As you study the module, you may
answer the question: How are measures of position for grouped data used in real-life situation? Do
and accomplish the activities with your partner.

Activity 1: Do you have s sharp memory?

The following are scores of ten students in their 40- item quiz.

34 23 15 27 36 21 20 13 33 25

1. What are the scores of the students which are less than or equal to 25% of the data?
2. What are the scores of the students which are less than or equal to 65% of the data?
3. What are the scores of the students ehich are less than or equal to 8% of the data?

Activity 2: Calculator Drill

Use your scientific calculator to answer the following questions. Do this

activity as fast as you can.
1. The bank manager observes the bank deposits in one specific day are as follows:
1150 5000 6500 1000 8500
9000 1200 1750 1100 4500
750 1500 1600 11 000 12 500
7000 9500 1200 13 500 1400
 Find the 75th percentile.
2. The weights of the students in a class are the following: 69 70 75 66
83 88 66 63 61 68 73 57 52 58 and
77.
Compute the 15th percentile.
3. Mr. Mael Santiago is the sales manager of JEERY Bookstore. He has 40 sales staff
members who visit college professors all over the Philippines. Each Saturday
morning, he requires his sales staff to send him a report. This report includes, among
other things, the number of professors visited during the previous week. Listed
below, ordered from smallest to largest, are the number of professors visited last
week.
38 40 41 45 48 48 50 50 51 51 52
52 53 54 55 55 55 56 56 57 59 59
59 62 62 62 63 64 65 66 66 67 67
69 69 71 77 78 79 79
Determine the following:
a) 3rd quartile
b) 8th decile
c) 33rd percentile

What to Process
Did you find the previous activities easy? Were you able to answer it? Are you now
ready to get the measures of position in a grouped data? To help you understand the next
topic, notes with illustrative examples are provided.

The Quartile of Grouped Data

Recall the quartiles divide the distribution into four equal parts.

The steps in computing the median are similar to that and . In finding the median,
we first need to determine the median class. In the same manner, the and the class must
be determined first before computing for the value of and . The class is the class
interval where the th score is contained, while the class interval that contains the th score is

the class.
 In computing the quartiles of grouped data, the following formula is used:

Where:

LB= lower boundary of the class

N= total frequency

= cumulative frequency of the class before the class

= frequency of the class

i= size of the class interval

k= nth quartile, where n=1,2, and 3

Example 1.

Calculate the , , and of the Mathematics test score of 50 students.

SCORES FREQUENCY
45-60 4
41-45 8
36-40 11
31-35 9
26-30 12
21-25 6
Solution:

Class Frequency Lower Less than

Interval (f) Boundaries Cumulative
Score (LB) Frequency
(
45-60 4 45.5 50
41-45 8 45.0 46 th th
36-40 11 35.5 38 28 -38 score
th th
31-35 9 30.5 27 19 -27 score
26-30 12 25.5 18 th th
17 – 18 score
21-25 6 20.5 6
N= 50
 = 12.5
This means we need to find the class interval where 12.5th
score is contained.
Note that the 7-18TH scores belong to the class
Interval 26-30. So, the 12.5th score is also within the class interval.
The class is class interval 26-30.
Therefore, 25% of the students have a score less than or equal to 28.21.

(
class: =

= 25
This means we need to find the class interval where the 25th
Score is contained.
Note that the 19-27TH scores belong to the class
Interval 31-35. So, the 25th score is also within the class interval.
The class is class interval 31-35

Therefore, 50% of the students have a score less than or equal to 34.39.

(
class: =

= 37.5
This means we need to find the class interval where
the 37.5th score is contained.
Note that the 28-38TH scores belong to the class
Interval 36-40. So, the 37. 5th score is also within the
class interval.
The class is class interval 36-40.

Therefore, 75% of the students have a score less than or equal to 40.27. The third quartile
40.27 falls within the class boundaries of 36-40 which is (35-40.5)

The Deciles for Grouped Data

Deciles are those values that divide the total frequency into 10 equal parts. The kth
decile denoted by is computes as follows:

Where:

LB= lower boundary of the class

N= total frequency

= cumulative frequency of the class before the class

= frequency of the class

i= size of the class interval

k= nth decile, where n=1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

Example 2:

Calculate the 7th decile of the Mathematics test scores of 50 students.

Scores Frequency
46-50 4
41-45 8
36-40 11
31-35 9
26-30 12
21-25 6
Solution:

Class Interval Frequency Lower Boundaries Less Cumulative

Scores (f) (LB) Frequency (
46-50 4 45.5 50 28th-38th
41-45 8 40.5 46 score 𝐷
36-40 11 35.5 38 class
31-35 9 30.5 27
26-30 12 25.5 18
21-25 6 20.5 6
N=50

(
=
=
= 35

This means we need to find the class interval where

the 35th score is contained.
Note that the 28-38TH scores belong to the class
Interval 36-40. So, the 35th score is also within the
class interval.
The class is class interval 36-40.

Therefore, the 7th decile is equivalent to the 70 percentile. Therefore, 70% of the students got a
score less than or equal to 39.14.

The Percentile for Grouped Data

The percentile of grouped data is used to characterize values according to the

percentage below them.

Early on, you have already learned the kth quartile denoted by and the kth deciles
denoted by are computed, respectively, as follows:

Finding the percentile of a grouped data is similar to that of finding quartiles and deciles
of grouped data.
 The kth percentile, denoted by is computed as follows:

Where:

LB= lower boundary of the class

N= total frequency

= cumulative frequency of the class before the class

= frequency of the class

i= size of the class interval

k= nth decile, where n=1, 2,3,…, 97, 98, and 99

Example:

Calculate the 65th percentile and 32nd percentile of the Mathematics test scores of 50
students.

Scores Frequency
46-50 4
41-45 8
36-40 11
31-35 9
26-30 12
21-25 6

Solution:

Class Interval Frequency Lower Boundaries Less Cumulative

Scores (f) (LB) Frequency (
46-50 4 45.5 50 28th-38th
41-45 8 40.5 46 score 𝑃6
36-40 11 35.5 38 class
31-35 9 30.5 27
26-30 12 25.5 18 7th-8th
21-25 6 20.5 6 score 𝑄
class
N=50
 6 6 (
6 =

= 32.5

This means we need to find the class interval where

the 32.5th score is contained.
Note that the 28-38TH scores belong to the class
Interval 36-40. So, the 32.5th score is also within the
class interval.
The 6 class is class interval 36-40.

Therefore, the 65% of the students got a score less than or equal to 36-40.

(
6 =

6
=

= 16

This means we need to find the class interval where

the 16th score is contained.
Note that the 7-18TH scores belong to the class
interval 26-30. So, the 16th score is also within the
class interval.
The class is class interval 26-30.

Therefore, the 32% of the students got a score less than or equal to 36-40.

Percentile Rank

Percentile ranks are particularly useful in relating individual scores to their positions in
the entire group. A percentile rank is typically defined as the proportion of scores in a
distribution that a specific score is greater than or equal to. For instance, if you received a score
of 95 on a mathematics test and this score were greater than or equal to the scores of 88% of
the students taking the test, then your percentile rank would be 88.

An example is the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) given to Grade 9

students are represented by their percentile ranks.

Where:
PR= percentile rank, the answer will be a percentage
= cumulative frequency of all the values below the critical value

P= raw score or value for which one wants to find a percentile rank

LB= lower boundary of the class

N= total frequency

i= size of the class interval

Example:

Find how many percent of the scores are greater than the cumulative frequency of 38 in
the previous table.

Scores Frequency
46-50 4 50
41-45 8 46
36-40 11 38
28th-38th score
31-35 9 27
26-30 12 18
21-25 6 6

38 is within 36-40

LB= 35.5 = 27

P=38 i=5

N=50
 =11

Therefore, 65% of the scores are less than cumulative frequency of 38, while 35% of the scores
are greater than the cumulative frequency of 38.

Example:

Assume that a researcher wanted to know the percentage of consultants who made Php
5, 400 or more per day.

Consultant Fees Number of Cumulative

(in Php) Consultants Frequency
6400-7599 24 120
5200-6399 36 96
4000-5199 19 60
2800-3999 26 41
1600-2799 15 15

Php 5, 400 is within 5200-6399

LB= 5199.5 = 60

P=5, 400 i = 1200

N=120

=36

Round off the resulting value to the nearest whole number.

Therefore, 55% of consultants make Php 5, 400. 00 or less per day and 45% of consultants
make Php 5, 400. 00 or more per day.

Activity

Direction: Answer the following problems correctly with complete solutions.

Alice made a survey on the number of active Android application her classmates have. The
table summarizes the results. The class intervals contain the numbers of active Andriod
Applications. The frequency is the number of students. Complete the table before answering the
questions.

Class Interval Frequency Lower class Boundary Less cumulative

(LCB) frequency
cf
26-30 3 50
21-25 13 47
16-20 10 34
11-15 15 24
6-10 8 9
1-5 1 1

1. How many students were all involved in the survey?

A. 30 B. 40 C.50 D.60
2. What is the size of the class interval?
A. 3 B. 4 C.5 D.6

3. What is the Lower Boundary of the class interval where is included?

A. 10.5 B. 15.5 C.20.5 D.25.5

4. Which of the following is the class?

A. 1-5 B. 6-10 C.11-15 D.15-20

5. What is the cf of the class interval where is included?

A. 1 B. 9 C.24 D.34

Aurora and her friends made a survery on a daily allowance of their classmates. The
table summarizes the results. The class interval contains the amounts of their
allowance. The frequency is the number of students. Complete the table and answer
what is being asked.

Class Interval Frequency Lower class Boundary Less cumulative

(LCB) frequency
cf
91-100 8
81-90 7
71-80 1
61-70 4
51-60 9
41-50 17
31-40 5
21-30 6
11-20 3
 1. How many students were all involved in the survey?
2. What is the size of the class interval?
3. What is 6 of the distribution?
4. What does it mean if is 93%
5. What does it mean when is 46.38

29 18 12 28 50 31 29 40 37 40
21 22 21 24 20 14 34 30 38 35
26 28 48 16 18 31 15 22 27 37

Solve for the following:

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