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Percentiles, Deciles,
Quartiles
Percentiles
Percentiles are values that divide
a set of observations in an array
into 100 equal parts.
Percentiles
Sort all observations in ascending order
Compute the position L = (K/100) * N,
where N is the total number of
observations.
If L is a whole number, the K-th percentile is
the value midway between the L-th value
and the next one.
If L is not a whole number, change it by
rounding up to the nearest integer. The
value at that position is the K-th percentile.
Deciles
values that divide the array into
10 equal parts
D1 - the value below which 10% of
the values fall
D2 - the value below which 20% of
the values fall
Deciles
Sort all observations in ascending order
Compute the position L = (K/10) * N, where
N is the total number of observations.
If L is a whole number, the K-th decile is
the value midway between the L-th value
and the next one.
If L is not a whole number, change it by
rounding up to the nearest integer. The
value at that position is the K-th decile.
Quartiles
values that divide the array into
4 equal parts.
Q1 the value below which 25% of the
values fall
Q2 the value below which 50% of the
values fall
Q3 - the value below which 75% of the
values fall
Example
The surveyed weights (in
kilograms) of the students in Stat
231 were the following: 69, 70, 75,
66, 83, 88, 66, 63, 61, 68, 73, 57,
52, 58, and 77. Compute
1.) P23
5.) Q3
2.) P85
6.) Q1
3.) D30
4.) D90
+c
where