REPORTERS

JURELIE S. LABUS
CHIT S. CALVO
MAEd in Administration and Supervision
PERCENTILE
• measures that divide a group of data into
100 parts.
• values that split your data into
percentages in the same way that
quartiles split data into quartes.
 Formula to calculate the
Pk Class
KN
K 
where:
100
PK = the percentile location
K = nth quartile, where n=1, 2, 3, ..., 99
N = the number in the data set
 PERCENTILE FOR
GROUPED DATA
• used to characterize values according to
the percentage below them.
Formula:
 KN 
   cfb 
  LB   100 i
 fpk 
 
 
Where: LB = lower boundary of Pk class
K = nth quartile, where n=1, 2, 3, ..., 99
N = total frequency
cfb= cummulative frequency of the class before the Pk
class
fpk = frequency of the Pk class
i = size of the class interval
Example:
Calculate the 25th 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
Step 1: Determine the Lower Boundaries.

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
Step 2: Determine the Less Cummulative
Frequency.

46-50 4 45.5 50 N
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
Step 3: Calculate the P25 Class.
Given: KN
K 
N = 50 100
K = 25 25 N
 25 
100
2550

100
1250 25  12.5

100
Step 4: Locate the Class Interval where the P25 Class
is found.

N=50
<cfb=6
46-50 4 45.5 N= 50 fp25=12
41-45 8 40.5 46 LB=25.5
36-40 11 35.5 38 i=5

31-35 9 30.5 27
26-30 fp25= 12 LB= 25.5 18 P25 Class
21-25 6 20.5 <cfb= 6

i=5
Step 5: Solve P25 using the formula.
Given:
N=50  KN 
<cfb=6    cfb 
fp25=12   LB   100 i
LB=25.5  fpk 
i=5  
 
  KN 
   cfb   12.5  6 
  LB   100 i  25.5   5
 fpk   12 
 
   6.5 
 25.5   5
 2550   12 
  6 
 25  25.5   100 5  25.5  0.545
 12   25.5  2.70
 
 
 1250 
25  28.20
 6
 25.5   100 5
 12 
 
 
 Example:
Calculate the 82th percentile.

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
Step 3: Calculate the P82 Class.
Given: KN
K 
N = 50 100
K = 82 82 N
82 
100
8250 

100
4100
82  41

100
Step 4: Locate the Class Interval where the P82 Class
is found.

46-50 4 45.5 N= 50
41-45 fp82= 8 LB= 40.5 46 P82 Class
36-40 11 35.5 <cfb= 38
31-35 9 30.5 27
N=50
26-30 12 25.5 18 <cfb=38
21-25 6 20.5 6 fp82=18
LB=40.5
i=5
i=5
Step 5: Solve P82 using the formula.
Given:
N=50  KN 
<cfb=38    cfb 
fp82=18   LB   100 i
LB=40.5  fpk 
i=5  
 
  KN 
   cfb 
  LB   100 i  41  38 
 40.5   5
 fpk   8 
 
 
3
 40.5   5
 8250  8
  38 
8 2  40.5   100 5  40.5  0.385
 8 
   40.5  1.90
 
 4100  82  42.40
  38 
 40.5   100 5
 8 
 
 