Measures of Positions (Ungrouped Data)

The score points which divides the distribution in four equal parts.

• Decile

• Quartile

• Percentile

• Median

When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score point that describes the distribution is called

• Decile

• Quartile

• Percentile

• Median

The median score is also the

• 75th percentile

• 5th decile

• 3rd decile

• 1st quartile

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

The lower quartile is equal to

• 50th percetile

• 25th percentile

• 2nd decile

• 3rd quartile

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

In a 70 item test, Melody got a score of 50 which is the third quartile. This means that

• she got a highest score

• her score is higher than 25% of her classmates

• twenty-five percent of the students are 16 years old

• seventy-five percent of the class did not pass the test

Mhel's score in a 75 item test was the median score. What is his percentile rank?

• 35th

• 50th

• 25th

• 75th

Angie ranks 10th in a class of 40. Her percentile is

• 75

• 90

• 10

• 25

In a 100 item test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. What does it imply?

• The students should answer at least 75 items correctly to pass the test.

• The students should answer at least 50 items correctly to pass the test.

• The students should answer at most 75 items correctly to pass the test.

• The students should answer at most 50 items correctly to pass the test.

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Rochelle got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70th percentile in a mathematics test. Which of the following is not true?

• She scored above 70% of her classmates

• Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above

• If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test

• Her score is below the 5th decile

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

In the set of scores: 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12, and 19. The median is

• 17

• 15

• 16

• 13