Measures of Relative Standing

It is a measure of position that divides the distribution into ten equal parts

• Decile

• Percentile

• Quartile

• Tentiles

The Median of the Decile values is...?

• D3

• D7

• D5

• D6

7 3 6 4 7 4 8 9

Arranging these datas in ASCENDING order will lead to...

• 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9

• 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8

• 3 4 4 6 7 8 8 9

• 3 4 4 6 7 7 8 9

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John took a college admission in Columban College. His score belongs to the 8th decile. Should John be please with his score?

• Yes, because his score is above to the usual passing rate which is 75%.

• No, because there are 20% who took the exam that got a higher score than him.

Given the scores of 10 Venus students in Science. Find D8.

7 8 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 15

• 14

• 13

• 15

• 12

John got of 5 in applying the formula in finding D5. What does it mean?

• Decile 5 has a score of less than or equal to 5.

• Decile 5 is the 5th element.

• Decile 5 has a score of greater than 5.

• Decile 5 has 5 elements.

Anthony is a secretart in a big company. His salary belongs to the 7th Decile. Should Anthony be glad with his salary?

• Yes, because 70% of the employees receive less than or equal to Anthony's salary

• No, because the salary is still too small for him.

In finding the D8 of Lance's score in Mathematics for the Third Quarter, he got the score 20. What does it mean?

• 8% of his scores are less than or equal to 20

• 88% of his scores are less than or equal to 20

• 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 22

• 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 20

Find D6 of the following data.

23 26 27 29 35 38 42 55 59 65

• 38

• 35

• 42

• 55

What is the Decile 3 of thse scores:

15 19 25 34 39 42 47 47 49 58 64 63

• 25

• 34

• 39

• 42