MEASURES OF

CENTRAL LOCATION
 Quartile
Percentile
Decile
for Ungrouped Data
 Quartile
𝒕𝒉
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 )
 

Quartiles divide a rank-

ordered data set into
𝑸𝒊= ( 𝟒 )
four equal parts. Where:
i = 1, 2, 3
n is the number of samples
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Example 1  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏 +𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉
𝑸𝒊= ( 𝟒 ) 𝒕𝒉
• Find the Q1, Q2, and Q3 of the  
𝟏 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
following set of data.
𝑸 𝟏= ( 𝟒 )
𝒕𝒉
 
𝟏 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟔 )
19 12 16 0 14
𝑸 𝟏= ( 𝟒 )
  𝟏𝟔 𝒕𝒉
9 6 1 12 13
10 19 7 5 8
𝑸 𝟏= ( 𝟒 )
  𝑸 𝟏 = 𝟒𝒕𝒉
  𝑸 𝟏=𝟔
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Example 1  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏 +𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉
𝑸𝒊= ( 𝟒 )𝒕𝒉
• Find the Q1, Q2, and Q3 of the  
𝟐 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
following set of data.
𝑸 𝟐= ( 𝟒 )
𝒕𝒉
 
𝟐 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟔 )
19 12 16 0 14
𝑸 𝟐= ( 𝟒 )
  𝟑𝟐 𝒕𝒉
9 6 1 12 13
10 19 7 5 8
𝑸 𝟐= ( 𝟒 )
  𝑸 𝟐 =𝟖 𝒕𝒉
  𝑸 𝟐=𝟏𝟎
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Example 1  
𝐢 ⋅ ( 𝒏 +𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉
𝑸𝒊= ( 𝟒 )
𝒕𝒉
• Find the Q1, Q2, and Q3 of the  
𝟑 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
following set of data.
𝑸 𝟑= ( 𝟒 )
𝒕𝒉
 
𝟑 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟔 )
19 12 16 0 14
𝑸 𝟑= ( 𝟒 )
  𝟒𝟖 𝒕𝒉
9 6 1 12 13
10 19 7 5 8
𝑸 𝟑= ( 𝟒 )
  𝑸 𝟑 =𝟏𝟐𝒕𝒉
  𝑸 𝟑=𝟏𝟒
Percentile
𝒕𝒉
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 )
 

Percentiles divide data

into one hundred equa
𝑷𝒊= ( 𝟏𝟎𝟎 )
parts Where:
i = 1, 2, 3,…..,99
n is the number of samples
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Example 1  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 ) 𝒕𝒉  
𝟒𝟎 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟔 )
𝑷𝒊=
𝟏𝟎𝟎 ( ) 𝑷𝟒𝟎 = ( 𝟏𝟎𝟎 )
• Find the P40 of the  
𝟒𝟎 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉  
𝟔𝟒𝟎 𝒕𝒉

following set of data. 𝑷𝟒𝟎 =

𝟏𝟎𝟎 ( ) 𝑷 𝟒𝟎 =(
𝟏𝟎𝟎 )
 𝑷 𝒕𝒉
𝟒𝟎 =𝟔 . 𝟒
19 12 16 0 14 𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉
𝒕𝒉
𝑷𝟒𝟎 =𝟔 +𝟎 . 𝟒 𝟕 −𝟔 )
  (
9 6 1 12 13  𝑷 =𝟖+𝟎 . 𝟒 ( 𝟗 − 𝟖 )
𝟒𝟎
10 19 7 5 8
  𝑷𝟒𝟎 =𝟖 . 𝟒
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Example 2  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 ) 𝒕𝒉

( 𝑷𝒊 = )𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒕𝒉
• Find the P50 of the  
𝟓𝟎 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
following set of data. ( 𝑷𝟓𝟎 = )
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒕𝒉
 
𝟓𝟎 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟔 )
𝑷 =(
19 12 16 0 14 𝟏𝟎𝟎 )𝟓𝟎

9 6 1 12 13   𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝒕𝒉
𝑷 =(
𝟏𝟎𝟎 )
𝟓𝟎
10 19 7 5 8
  𝑷 𝟓𝟎 = 𝟖𝒕𝒉
  𝑷𝟓𝟎 =𝟏𝟎
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Example 3  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉
𝑷𝒊= (𝟏𝟎𝟎 ) 𝒕𝒉
• Find the P75 of the  
𝟕𝟓 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
following set of data. (
𝑷𝟕𝟓 =
𝟏𝟎𝟎)
𝒕𝒉
 
𝟕𝟓 ⋅ ( 𝟏𝟔 )
𝑷 =(
19 12 16 0 14 𝟕𝟓
𝟏𝟎𝟎 )
𝒕𝒉
9 6 1 12 13   𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎
𝑷 =(
𝟏𝟎𝟎 )
𝟕𝟓
10 19 7 5 8
 𝑷 𝒕𝒉
𝟕𝟓 =𝟏𝟐

  𝑷𝟕𝟓 =𝟏𝟒
 Decile
𝒕𝒉
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 )
 

Decile divide data into

ten equal parts.
𝑫 𝒊= ( 𝟏𝟎 )
Where:
i = 1, 2, 3,…..,9
n is the number of samples
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Example 1  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 ) 𝒕𝒉   𝟒𝟖 𝒕

(
𝑫 𝟑=
𝟏𝟎 ) 𝑫 𝟑= ( 𝟏𝟎 )
• Find the D3 of the  
𝟑⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉
𝑫 =( )  𝑫 𝒕𝒉
following set of data. 𝟑 𝟑 = 𝟒 . 𝟖
𝟏𝟎

19 12 16 0 14 𝑫 𝟑= 𝟒𝒕𝒉 +𝟎 . 𝟖 ( 𝟓𝒕𝒉 − 𝟒𝒕𝒉 )

 

9 6 1 12 13  𝑫 =𝟔+𝟎 . 𝟖 (𝟕 − 𝟔 )
𝟑
10 19 7 5 8
  𝑫 𝟑= 𝟔 .𝟖
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Example 1  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 ) 𝒕𝒉

( 𝑫 𝟓= ) 𝟏𝟎
• Find the D5 of the  
𝟓⋅ ( 𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉

following set of data. 𝑫 =( 𝟓 )

𝟏𝟎
𝒕𝒉
  𝟖𝟎
𝑫 =(
𝟏𝟎 )
19 12 16 0 14 𝟓

9 6 1 12 13   𝑫 𝟓 = 𝟖𝒕𝒉
10 19 7 5 8
  𝑫 𝟓=𝟏𝟎
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Example 1  
ⅈ ⋅ ( 𝒏+𝟏 )
𝒕𝒉 
𝟏𝟏𝟐 𝒕𝒉

𝑫 𝟕= (
𝟏𝟎 )
𝑫 𝟕=
𝟏𝟎 ( )
• Find the D7 of the  
𝟕⋅ (𝟏𝟓+𝟏 )  
𝒕𝒉

following set of data. 𝑫 𝟕= ( 𝟏𝟎 )

𝑫 𝟕=𝟏𝟏 .𝟐 𝒕𝒉

𝒕𝒉
𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉
 
𝑫 𝟕=𝟏𝟏 +𝟎 . 𝟐 𝟏𝟐 −𝟏𝟏 )
(
19 12 16 0 14
 𝑫 =𝟏𝟑+ 𝟎 .𝟐 ( 𝟏𝟒 −𝟏𝟑 )
𝟕
9 6 1 12 13
10 19 7 5 8 𝑫 𝟕=𝟏𝟑 . 𝟐
 
Reference
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