Measures of Position Quiz

The median score is also the _____.

• 50th percentile

• 1st quartile

• 3rd decile

• 3rd quartile

When distribution is divided into one-hundred equal parts, each score point that describes the distribution is called ______.

• Decile

• Median

• Percentile

• Quartile

Which value is found halfway in the data set?

• Decile

• Median

• Percentile

• Quartile

The Upper quartile is equal to _____.

• 50th percentile

• 1st quartile

• 3rd decile

• 3rd quartile

What measures of position divides the distribution into 10 equal parts?

• quartile

• decile

• percentile

• interquartile range

What is the formula for calculating position of quartile value of ungrouped data?

• Qk=k(n+1)4

• Dk=k(n+1)10

• Pk=k(n+1)100

• none of these

Which of the ff. is the formula for calculating the position of percentile value of ungrouped data?

• Qk=k(n+1)4

• Dk=k(n+1)10

• Pk=k(n+1)100

• none of these

Which of the ff. is the formula for calculating the percentile value of grouped data?

• Pk=LB+ kn100-cfbfPki

• Qk=LB+ kn4-cfbfPki

• Dk=LB+ kn10-cfbfPki

• none of these

Using Linear interpolation, what is the first quartile of the following set of values: 12, 15, 22, 23, 34, 8, 19, 17,18

• 12

• 12.5

• 13.5

• 15

Given the table above, what is the value of P75?

• 11.2

• 10.1

• 10.2

• 12.2