MEASURES OF POSITION

FOR
GROUPED DATA
QUARTER 4 – WEEK 3
 Guess Where I Am !
The following is a distribution for the number of employees in 45
companies belonging to a certain industry. Calculate the 3rd quartile,
85th percentile and 4th decile of the number of employees given the
number of companies. Write an interpretation about each values.

Number of Number of Class

Employees Companies <cf Boundaries
41 – 45 11 45 40.5 – 45.5 35th – 45th
36 – 40 6 34 35.5 – 40.5 29th – 34th
31 – 35 9 28 30.5 – 35.5 20th – 28th
26 – 30 7 25.5 – 30.5 13th – 19th
19
21 – 25 8 12 20.5 – 25.5 5th – 12th
16 – 20 4 4 15.5 – 20.5 1st – 4th
= 45
 Guess Where I Am !
The following is a distribution for the number of employees in 45
companies belonging to a certain industry. Calculate the 3rd quartile,
85th percentile and 4th decile of the number of employees given the
number of companies. Write an interpretation about each values.
  --> 𝑘  ∑ 𝑓   --> 𝑘  ∑ 𝑓   --> 𝑘  ∑ 𝑓
4 10 100
Number of Number of Class
Employees Companies <cf Boundaries
𝑷𝟖𝟓
  41 – 45 11 45 40.5 – 45.5 35th – 45th
 𝑸 36 – 40 6 34 35.5 – 40.5 29th – 34th
𝟑
31 – 35 9 28 30.5 – 35.5 20th – 28th

𝑫𝟒
  26 – 30 7 19 25.5 – 30.5 13th – 19th
21 – 25 8 12 20.5– 25.5 5th – 12th
16 – 20 4 4 15.5 – 20.5 1st – 4th

= 45
   𝑘∑ 𝑓
𝑸𝒌
 
¿ 𝑳𝑪𝑩 𝑄 𝑘
+[ 4
𝒇𝑄
−< 𝑐𝑓

𝑘
𝒊 ]
𝑸 𝟑  ¿ 𝟑𝟓 .𝟓+ 𝟑𝟑 .𝟕𝟓 − 𝟐𝟖 𝟓
 
[
𝟔 ]
 
𝑸 𝟑 ¿ 𝟒𝟏
 

Interpretation:
 

This means that 75 of the 45 companies

has less than or equal to 41 number of
employees.
   𝑘∑𝑓
 
𝑫 𝒌 ¿ 𝑳𝑪𝑩
𝐷𝑘 +[ 10
𝒇𝐷
− <𝑐𝑓

𝑘
] 𝒊

 
𝟏𝟖 − 𝟏𝟐
 
𝑫 𝟒 ¿ 𝟐𝟓 .𝟓+ 𝟕
𝟓
[ ]
 
𝑫 𝟒¿ 𝟑𝟎
 

Interpretation:
 

This means that 40 of the 45 companies

has less than or equal to 30 number of
employees.
   𝑘∑𝑓
 
𝑷𝒌 ¿ 𝑳𝑪𝑩
𝑃𝑘 +[ 100
𝒇𝑃
− <𝑐𝑓

𝑘
] 𝒊

 
𝑷𝟖𝟓¿ 𝟒𝟎 . 𝟓+ 𝟑𝟖 . 𝟐𝟓 −𝟑𝟒
 

𝟏𝟏
𝟓
[ ]
 
𝑷𝟖𝟓 ¿ 𝟒𝟑
 

Interpretation:
 

This means that 85 of the 45 companies

has less than or equal to 43 number of
employees.
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