MEASURE OF POSITION_LEARNING TASK

The median of a given data set is also the ______.

• First Quartile

• Second Quartile

• Third Quartile

• Fourth Quartile

What measure divides the distribution into ten equal parts?

• Median

• Quartile

• Percentile

• Decile

The first quartile of the data set is equal to the ______.

• 5th decile

• 25th percentile

• 50th percentile

• 75th percentile

What is the median of the scores 6, 8, 11, 25, 15, 10, 2, 8, 16?

• 2

• 6

• 8

• 10

Using Tukey’s Method, what is the first quartile of the following set of values:

12, 15, 22, 23, 34, 8, 19, 17,18

• 12

• 12.5

• 13.5

• 15

In the 2019 National Career Achievement Examination (NCAE), Aileen’s score in

the Mathematics Ability Test is at 90th percentile. What does this mean?

• Aileen’s score is 90 points.

• Aileen scored higher than 89% of the examinees.

• Aileen is the 90th

  in position among all the examinees.

• Aileen scored higher than the other 90% of the examinees.

From the data set:

12, 15, 22, 23, 34, 8, 19, 17,18,

which number is greater than the third

quartile?

• 18

• 19

• 22

• 23

Using Tukey’s method, what is the first quartile for the following set of scores?

9, 11, 8, 9, 9, 14, 6, 5, 3, 16

• 5

• 5.5

• 6

• 7

Which measure divides the data set or distribution into one hundred equal

parts?

• quartile

• decile

• percentile

• median

The second quartile of the data set is equal to the ______.

• 4th decile

• 25th percentile

• 50th percentile

• 6th decile