Measures of Position of

Ungrouped Data
Percentile, Decile and Quartile
Measures of Central Tendency

• Mean (Average)
• Median (Middlemost)
• Mode (Most Frequent)
Steps in Determining Measures of Position

1. Arrange the scores in increasing order.

2. Solve for the rank/position of “k” using the formulas.

3. Determine the element positioned on the position solved in

second step.
TRY THIS!

The age of the participants who attended a seminar are as follows:

16 20 18 16 22 21 17 22 20 25
15 25 28 24 23 21 18 16 19 19

a. What are the ages of the participants who belong to the lower
25%?
b. What are the ages of the partipants who belong to the upper 30%?
TRY THIS!

The scores of 20 students in a quiz are given below:

25 21 18 25 23 22 22 26 28 21
19 19 20 23 27 26 29 20 21 26

a. If 30% of the class passed the exam, what are the score of the
students who passed the exam?
Measures of Position of
Grouped Data
Percentile, Decile and Quartile
Ungrouped to Grouped Data
(Constructing a Frequency Distribution Table)

1. Determine the Range. (Range = Highest –

Lowest)
2. Set a class size (i) by dividing the range by the
desired number of class intervals.
3. Construct the frequency distribution table.
Constructing a Frequency Distribution Table

The ages of the randomly picked residents of a certain community

are given below.

12 16 18 13 22 43 31 20 23 16
27 33 45 17 25 24 22 35 36 17
28 39 34 42 15 17 19 21 39 27

Construct a frequency distribution with 10 classes.

Steps in Determining Measures of Position

1. Make a column for the values of cumulative

frequency.
2. Determine the percentile class. Solve for .
3. Use the formula: .
Try This!

Solve for , and .