multiple choice

If I tell you that you scored at the 55th percentile on your final exam, you would know:

• 55% of the class scored the same or worse than you did

• You earned a 55% on the exam

• You failed the exam

• 45% of the class scored worse than you did

The 75th percentile is also know as the

• median

• third quartile

• interquartile range

The Median is also referred to as

• the 25th Percentile

• the 50th Percentile

• the 75th Percentile

• the 100th Percentile

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

• True

• False

Are techniques that divide a set of data into equal

groups

• Measures of Position

• Quartiles

• Deciles

Are the score points which divide a distribution into four equal parts

• Measure of Position

• Quartiles

• Deciles

Are the score points which divide a distribution into ten equal parts

• Measures of Position

• Quartiles

• Deciles

Are the score points which divide a distribution into one-hundred equal parts

• Measures of Position

• Quartiles

• Percentiles

Third Quartile is

• measure used to describe the distribution of data.

• also called the upper quartile.

• also called the lower quartile.

First Quartile is

• also called the upper quartile.

• a value that is much higher or much lower than the other values in a set of data.

• also called the lower quartile.