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The QUANTILE Measure: Measures of Position

The document discusses measures of position, specifically quantiles, for both ungrouped and grouped data. Quantiles divide a data distribution into equal parts, with quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3) dividing into four parts and deciles (D1-D9) and percentiles (P1-P99) dividing into ten and one hundred parts respectively. For ungrouped data, quantiles are computed using their position or rank in the ordered data. For grouped data, quantiles are identified using the median formula to determine the quantile class. Examples are provided to demonstrate computing various quantiles.

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The QUANTILE Measure: Measures of Position

The document discusses measures of position, specifically quantiles, for both ungrouped and grouped data. Quantiles divide a data distribution into equal parts, with quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3) dividing into four parts and deciles (D1-D9) and percentiles (P1-P99) dividing into ten and one hundred parts respectively. For ungrouped data, quantiles are computed using their position or rank in the ordered data. For grouped data, quantiles are identified using the median formula to determine the quantile class. Examples are provided to demonstrate computing various quantiles.

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Measures of Position

The QUANTILE measure


The quantiles are a natural extension of the idea of the median in that they are values which divide
a set of data into equal parts.
While the median divides the distribution into two parts, the quantiles divide it into four, ten, or one
hundred equal parts.
The quantiles that divide the distribution into four equal parts are called quartiles. These values are
denoted by Q1,Q2, and Q3. Twenty-five percent fall below the first quartile (Q1), 50% are below the
second quartile (Q2), and 75% are less than the third quartile (Q3).
Those which divide the distribution into ten parts are called deciles. The data set has nine deciles
which are denoted by ◂,▸D1,D2,D3,…,D9, where D is the number that divides the bottom 10 of the data
from the top 90 and so on.
Those which divide the distribution into 100 equal parts are called percentiles. A set of data has 99
percentiles which are denoted by ◂,▸P1,P2,P3,…,P99.

Ungrouped Data

A. Computation of Quantiles for Ungrouped data


To solve any quantile follow the steps below:

1. Arrange the scores according to magnitude (ascending/descending).


2. Use the following formula in computing Quantiles; positions or rank.

Example: The following scores of 9 students in statistics quiz: 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23, 25, 30, 33.
Find
a. Q1 c. D8 e. P15
b. Q3 d. D4 f. P 65
Grouped Data

B. Computation of Quantiles for grouped data.


Since median is a position which is located in the middle (D5 and/or P50), we will use the concept of
median formula in identifying the quantile for grouped data.
Steps:

Same process in finding the median but instead of having median class we will have a quantile class.

Example: Find the Q1, P60, and D3

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