Quartiles and Deciles

Assignment
25. A random selection of state gasoline taxes per gallon is given below.
Find the first and third quartile values for the data.
16 18 35.3 25 23.5 27.1 32.5
16 22 17.5 19 29.5 7.5 12

Arrange the data first from lowest to highest

7.5 12 16 16 17.5 18 19 22 23.5 25 27.1 29.5 32.5 35.3

 Assignment
• Get the 𝑄2
7.5 12 16 16 17.5 18 19 22 23.5 25 27.1 29.5 32.5 35.3
19+22 41
• 𝑄2 = = = 20.5
2 2

• Get the 𝑄1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄3

• 𝑄1 = 16
• 𝑄3 = 27.1
Assignment
The data show the number of sheep in the top 12 major sheep-
producing states. Find the first and third quartiles for the data.

Arizona 160000 New Mexico 120000

California 610000 Oregon 225000
Colorado 375000 Texas 830000
Idaho 220000 Utah 290000
Montana 255000 Washington 60000
Nevada 75000 Wyoming 375000
 Assignment
Get the order of the data from lowest to highest. Disregard the states.

60000 75000 120000 160000 220000 225000 255000 290000 375000 375000 610000 830000

Get 𝑄2 first
225000 + 255000 480000
𝑄2 = = = 240000
2 2
Get 𝑄1 and 𝑄3
120000 + 160000 280000
𝑄1 = = = 140000
2 2
375000 + 375000
𝑄3 = = 375000
2
Deciles
Quartiles, Deciles in relation to Percentiles

•Getting the Quartiles and Deciles has an

alternative solution. That is, to use the
formula used in Percentiles. Each Quartile
and Decile refers to a certain percentile
Quartile Decile Equivalent in
Percentile
𝐷1 𝑃10
𝐷2 𝑃20
𝑄1 𝑃25
𝐷3 𝑃30
𝐷4 𝑃40
𝑄2 𝐷5 𝑃50
𝐷6 𝑃60
𝐷7 𝑃70
𝑄3 𝑃75
𝐷8 𝑃80
𝐷9 𝑃90
𝑄4 𝐷10 𝑃100