MEASURES OF

POSITION
Percentile of Grouped Data
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:

solve and interpret specified percentiles; and
listen to the discussion attentively.
 PERCENTILE OF GROUPED DATA

FORMULA

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𝑟 𝑓
− 𝑐𝑓
10 0
𝑃 𝑟 =𝑙𝑏 𝑝 𝑐 + 𝑖
𝑓 𝑝𝑐

where: r = specified percentiles

= lower boundary of the percentile class
= sum of the frequencies
cf = cumulative frequency of the lower class next to the percentile
class.
= frequency of the percentile class
i = class interval
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𝑟∑ 𝑓
10 0
− 𝑐𝑓 Find P25 and interpret the value of the following scores in
𝑃 𝑟 =𝑙𝑏 𝑝 𝑐 + 𝑖
𝑓 𝑝𝑐 Grade 10 Mathematics of 70 students.

Scores f CB <CF
95 – 99 2 94.5 – 99.5 70
90 – 94 4 89.5 – 94.5 68
85 – 89 3 84.5 – 89.5 64
80 – 84 5 79.5 – 84.5 61
75 – 79 6 74.5 – 79.5 56
70 – 74 12 69.5 – 74.5 50
65 – 69 11 64.5 – 69.5 38
60 – 64 9 59.5 – 64.5 27
55 – 59 7 54.5 – 59.5 18
50 – 54 2 49.5 – 54.5 11
45 – 49 6 44.5 – 49.5 9 Therefore, 25% of the students scores less than or
40 – 44 3 39.5 – 44.5 3 equal to 59.14.
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𝑟∑ 𝑓
10 0
− 𝑐𝑓 Find P90 and interpret the value of the following scores in
𝑃 𝑟 =𝑙𝑏 𝑝 𝑐 + 𝑖
𝑓 𝑝𝑐 Grade 10 Mathematics of 70 students.

Scores f CB <CF
95 – 99 2 94.5 – 99.5 70
90 – 94 4 89.5 – 94.5 68
85 – 89 3 84.5 – 89.5 64
80 – 84 5 79.5 – 84.5 61
75 – 79 6 74.5 – 79.5 56
70 – 74 12 69.5 – 74.5 50
65 – 69 11 64.5 – 69.5 38
60 – 64 9 59.5 – 64.5 27
55 – 59 7 54.5 – 59.5 18
50 – 54 2 49.5 – 54.5 11
45 – 49 6 44.5 – 49.5 9 Therefore, 90% of the students scores less than or
40 – 44 3 39.5 – 44.5 3 equal to 87.83.