When data is arranged in ascending or descending order, it can be divided into various parts by different values such as quartiles, deciles and percentiles. These values are collectively called quantiles and are the extension of median formula which divides data into two equal parts. Since the basic purpose of these partition values is to divide data into different parts therefore a relationship exists between them. This relationship is given below and is elaborated with the help of simple problem.
Problem: Following are the number of defective items produced in a month by a machine for the last 24 months. 45, 30, 36, 26, 16, 21 33, 40, 32, 14, 10, 29, 23, 39, 17, 11, 18, 34, 19, 24, 21, 35, 42, 37
Prove that Second Quartile= Fifth Decile = 50th Percentile = Median
Solution:
Arrange data in ascending order:
10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 45
Second Quartile Q2
Since the data given in the problem is ungrouped therefore following formula will be used for the calculation of second quartile.
5th Decile
The calculation of 5th decile for ungrouped data is given below:
50th Percentile (P50)
The calculation of 50th percentile for ungrouped data is given below:
Median
If the observations are Even in numbers, then median is the arithmetic mean of two central values. These two central values are calculated as:
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How do you compute foe first decile and first percentile?
@Yoly, Just replace the 5 by 1 in both formula for decile and percentile.
For decile, i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
For percentile i = 1, 2, 3, . . . . . . . 99
For Quartile i = 1, 2, 3
also mention here for even no. of integers in ungrouped data
computation of decile for grouped data.. please.. 😀
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how i can calculate P99(percentile99) with ungroup data
can u find percentile p99 with ungrouped
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Why is it some formula for percentile just use n not n+1 ?. What is the difference?
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examples of solving the percentile, decile and quartile of grouped data…..please!
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What is the first percentile of the data below,23,45,67,23,56,34,54,76,71,43
what is n in the formula? sir
how about if the upper quartile is 7.75th term.
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Where did you get 0.5 in finding Q2??
Where did you get 0.5 in finding Q2??
how to solve this decile for ungroup data?
anthony is a secretary in one big company in metro manila.his salary is in the 7th decile.should anthony be glad about his salary or not? explain your answer?
solution: 70% of the employeed received a salary that is less than or equal to his salaryu and 30% of the employees receive a salary that is greater than his salary.Anthony should beplease with his salary.