NAME: ___________________________________________ A 3 MEASURES OF POSITION PROGRAM: ________________________________________ DATE: ______________________________________________ Part One. With the data provided per item, solve for the quantile scores asked. nutritionist-dietician is doing a study on the factors that affect the weight of children, identified as “severely wasted” in order to develop an effective feeding program. The weight (in kg) of the 25 children are given below: 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 31 What is the second quartile? What is the upper quartile? Based on the data, for what weight does 25 percent of the children are lighter? Monthly Income Seventy senior citizens in an urban community were asked in (in thousand pesos) a survey how much were their greatest monthly income 1 – 5 5 when they were still working individuals. Their responses 6 – 10 11 have been tabulated through a frequency distribution at the 11 – 15 20 16 – 20 18 right. 21 – 25 7 26 – 30 6 Compute for the following measures of position: 31 – 35 2 62nd percentile 36 – 40 1 37th percentile 4th decile 9th decile Upper quartile Write your solutions legibly in the blank space below. Use another paper if necessary.
3 MEASURES OF POSITION NAME: ___________________________________________ PROGRAM: ________________________________________ DATE: ______________________________________________ Part One. With the data provided per item, solve for the quantile scores asked. A nutritionist-dietician is doing a study on the factors that affect the weight of children, identified as “severely wasted” in order to develop an effective feeding program. The weight (in kg) of the 25 children are given below: 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 29 29 30 30 30 30 31 31 What is the second quartile? What is the upper quartile? Based on the data, for what weight does 25 percent of the children are lighter? Monthly Income (in thousand pesos) 1 – 5 5 6 – 10 11 11 – 15 20 16 – 20 18 21 – 25 7 26 – 30 6 31 – 35 2 36 – 40 1 Seventy senior citizens in an urban community were asked in a survey how much were their greatest monthly income when they were still working individuals. Their responses have been tabulated through a frequency distribution at the right. Compute for the following measures of position: 62nd percentile 37th percentile 4th decile 9th decile Upper quartile Write your solutions legibly in the blank space below. Use another paper if necessary.