MEASURES OF POSITION

Consider the following data set with 10 scores.

DATA SET

14          14          14          15          15          15          16          18          19          21

  Which of the following scores represents the 20^th percentile?

• 14

• 15

• 16

• 18

Consider the following data set with 10 scores.

DATA SET

14          14          14          15          15          15          16          18          19          21

Which of the following scores represents the 3^rd decile?

• 14

• 15

• 16

• 18

What is the CORRECT sequence in calculating quartiles for ungrouped data?

I.   Locate the  score in the given set of data

II.  Compute for  using the formula

III.  Arrange the Data in ascending order

• I, III, II

• III, II, I

• III, I, II

• II, I, III

What do you call the measures of position that divides a set of data into four equal parts?

• Quartiles

• Deciles

• Percentiles

• Quantiles

When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score points that describes tyhe distribution is called _____.

• Quartile

• Decile

• Percentile

• Median