Measures of Position(Decile)

This refers to the raw data which is usually written as number list

• Grouped data

• Qualitative data

• Quantitative data

• Ungrouped data

Answer explanation

Ungrouped data are the data which are obtained from direct observation. The marks of ten students in a weekly quiz is an example of an ungrouped data.

2. What do you call the measure of position that divides the data into 4 equal parts

• Quartile

• Decile

• Percentile

• Quantile

What do you call the score point if the distribution is divided into 10 equal parts

• Median

• Quartile

• Percentile

• Decile

What is the 5th decile in the set of scores 14,17,10,22,10,24,8,12 and 19?

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 10

Which of the following represents the highest value in distribution?

• 9th decile

• 3rd quartile

• 5th decile

• 8th decile

6.Which of the following is equal to the median?

• D₄

• Q₃

• D_⁵

• Q₁

7.Which of the following statements is not correct about quartile?

• 25% of the data has a value of less than or equal to Q₁

• 50% of the data is less than or equal to Q₃

• 75% of the data is less than or equal to Q₃

• 75% of the data has a value greater than Q₁

8. In which point of the distribution does 50% of the cases or less lie?

• D₃

• D₄

• D₅

• D₇

9. Which of the following is not a measure of position?

• Quartile

• Median

• Decile

• Percentile

10. In a given set of data, the number that frequently appear is called____

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

• Measures of position