Problem 4. Anthony is a secretary in one big company in General Santos City. His salary is in the 7th decile. Should Anthony be glad about his salary or not? Explain your answer.
Problem 4. Anthony is a secretary in one big company in General Santos City. His salary is in the 7th decile. Should Anthony be glad about his salary or not? Explain your answer.
Problem 4. Anthony is a secretary in one big company in General Santos City. His salary is in the 7th decile. Should Anthony be glad about his salary or not? Explain your answer.
Problem 4.
Anthony is a secretary in one big company in General Santos City. His salary
is in the 7th decile. Should Anthony be glad about his salary or not? Explain your
answer.
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This Simplified Self-learning Module (SSLM) will help you understand the
different measures of position of a given set of ungrouped data, the quartiles, deciles,
and percentiles. To illustrate these three different measures of position is by
understanding their concepts.
Measure of position - is a method by which the position that a particular data value
has within a given data set can be identified.
Quartiles - are the score points which divide a distribution (arranged in ascending
order) into four equal parts, with one-fourth or 25% of the data values in each part.
The 25% from left of the distribution are below the first quartile (Q1) - lower quartile,
the 50% are below the second quartile (Q2) also known as the median of the
distribution, and the 75% are below the third quartile (Qa) - upper quartile. To find Q:
or the median position of the data set, divide the total number of data values (n) by 2
If there are an even number of data values, the median is the value that is the average
of the value in the position and the + 1 position. If there are an odd number of data
values, the median is the value in the position. For example, if the data set has 20
values such as
25 3 57 11 13 17 3 8 12 21 3 14 23 9 20 21 4 6 5
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First, we arrange the distribution in ascending order.
Q1
Q2
333 455 6 7 89 11 12 13 14 17 20 21 21 23 25
15th 16th
5th 6th
Positions
10h 11th
Positions
Positions
In the data set above with 20 values, the median is the average of the data
values in 10* and 11h positions. That is the average of 9 and 11, which is 10. Since
the median is also the Q2, therefore Q2 = 10. The first quartile is the median of the first
half of the data set and marks the point at which 25% of the data values are lower and
75% are higher. The third quartile is the median of the second half of the data set and
marks the point at which 25% of the data values are higher and 75% lower. In the data
set above, there are ten data values in each half, so the first quartile is the average of
the values in the fifth and sixth positions. Both of which are 5, so the first quartile or
Q: = 5 and the third quartile is the average of the values in the fifteenth and sixteenth
positions 17 and 20 respectively, so the third quartile or Q3 = 18.5.
Deciles – are the nine score points which divide a distribution into ten equal parts.
Using the above example,
3 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 17 20 21 21 23 25
t t t ttt ttt
D: D.
Di
D.
Ds
De
Dr
D
Da
The 1st decile, or D1, is the point that has 10% of the observations below it, D2
has 20% of the observations below it, Da has 30% of the observations falling below it,
and so on. In the above example, Di = 3, D2 = 4, D3 = 5, Da = 7, Ds = 9, De = 12, D7 =
14, De = 20, Dg = 21.
Percentiles – are the ninety-nine score points which divide a distribution into one
hundred equal parts. Using the same example,
3 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 17 20 21 21 23 25
DI
Da
Da
D.
Ds
De
Dr
De
De
Pi0
P20
P30
Pac
Pso
Peo
Pre
Pao
Pse
The first decile is the 10h percentile (P10). It means 10% of the data is less than
or equal to the value of P10 or Di and so on. In our example above P10 = 3, P20 = 4,
and so on as the arrow indicated.
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