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Lesson 6 - Measures of Location

Here are the key points about the different levels of measurement: - Nominal level: Used to classify objects into categories without any intrinsic ordering. Examples include gender, eye color. - Ordinal level: Involves ordering or ranking objects but without any distances between ranks being meaningful. Examples include Likert scales, ranking sports teams. - Interval level: Involves both ordering and distances between values being meaningful. However, there is no absolute zero point. Examples include temperatures in Celsius or Fahrenheit. - Ratio level: Involves ordering, distances being meaningful and a true absolute zero point. Examples include weight, height, test scores. Based on this information: - Gender would be

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Lesson 6 - Measures of Location

Here are the key points about the different levels of measurement: - Nominal level: Used to classify objects into categories without any intrinsic ordering. Examples include gender, eye color. - Ordinal level: Involves ordering or ranking objects but without any distances between ranks being meaningful. Examples include Likert scales, ranking sports teams. - Interval level: Involves both ordering and distances between values being meaningful. However, there is no absolute zero point. Examples include temperatures in Celsius or Fahrenheit. - Ratio level: Involves ordering, distances being meaningful and a true absolute zero point. Examples include weight, height, test scores. Based on this information: - Gender would be

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Lesson 6

Measures of Location
Measures of Location or Position are
used to specify the location of specific
data in relation to the rest of the sample.
A. Percentile
If a set of data is arranged in order of magnitude, the
values dividing the data into one hundred equal parts
are called Percentiles and are denoted by P1, P2, … , P99.
The middle values which divide the set of data into two
equal parts is the median and is also called the 50 th
percentile (or P50). We can also compute the points
below which lie 10%. 35%, 92% or any percent of the
scores.
Percentile
 
The percentile corresponding to a given value X is

computed by using the formula :

Percentile=
B. Quartiles
There are three Quartiles, denoted by Q1, Q2 and
Q3, which divide the ranked data into four
equal parts. Q1 separates the bottom one fourth
(25%) from top 75%, Q2 divides the set into
two equal parts, hence is equivalent to median.
Q3 separates the top one fourth (25%) from the
bottom 75%.
C. Deciles
There are nine Deciles denoted by D1, D2, … ,
D9 which partitioned the ranked data into ten
groups with about 10% of the data in each
group.
 
 
 
 Percentile
A teacher
  gives a 20-point test to 10 students. The scores are shown below. Find the
percentile rank of a score 12.
18, 15, 12, 6, 8, 2, 3, 5, 20, 10
Solution:
Arrange the data in order from lowest to highest
2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20
Then substitute to the formula,
Percentile =
Since there are six values below a score of 12, the solution is
Percentile =
Percentile = 65
Thus, a student whose score was 12 did better than 65% of the class.
Percentile
 
Find the percentile rank for a score of 6.

Solution:
2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20
There are three values below 6. Thus,
Percentile =
Percentile = 35
35 th percentile
A student who scored 6 did better than 35% of the
class.
Computations for UNGROUPED DATA
Percentile
A. Arrange the data set from lowest to highest.
B. Compute for c.
np
c
100
where n is the total number of items and p is the percentile.
C. If the result is a whole number then, get the average between
c and c +1.
D. If the result is not a whole number, round it up to the next whole
number.
Example:
Scores in a Quiz of ABMA 11- 2M in General
Mathematics S.Y. 2018-2019
39, 10, 21, 12, 14, 25, 19, 30, 21, 24, 27, 28 ,10 , 42
39, 10, 21, 12, 14, 25, 19, 30, 21, 24, 27, 28 ,10 , 42
Array:
10 10 12 14 19 21 21 24 25 27 28 30 39 42
Find the following:
1.)
   th percentile
20
 
6.) 1st decile
2.) 14th percentile  
  7.) 7th decile
3.) 35th percentile  
8.) 9th decile
 
4.)
9.) Find the percentile rank of score 19

5. ) 3rd quartile 10.) .) Find the percentile rank of score 30


   
References:

Bluman, Allan G. (2015). A Brief Version Elementary Statistics A Step by Step


Approach , Seventh Edition . Mc Graw –Hill Education , 2 Penn Plaza , New
York , NY.
Determine the level of measurement as nominal,
ordinal, ratio and interval

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