Given the following data set that presents 30 test scores on an exam, find the position of the 63rd percentile. State your result/answer as a value with exactly two digits after the decimal  49.5, 48, 51, 50, 53.2, 52, 55, 54, 57, 56, 59, 58, 61, 60, 63, 62, 65.4, 64, 67.5, 66, 69, 68, 71, 70, 73, 72, 75.2, 74, 92, 88

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Given the following data set that presents 30 test scores on an exam, find the position of the 63rd percentile. State your result/answer as a value with exactly two digits after the decimal 

49.5, 48, 51, 50, 53.2, 52, 55, 54, 57, 56, 59, 58, 61, 60, 63, 62, 65.4, 64, 67.5, 66, 69, 68, 71, 70, 73, 72, 75.2, 74, 92, 88

 

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A partition value is a measure that divides the given data into equal parts. The types of partition values are median, quartile, deciles, percentiles. Percentile divides the data into 100 equal parts.

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