MEASURES OF POSITION FOR THE UNGROUPED DATA

In the 2024 National Career Achievement Examination (NCAE), Brean’s

score in the Mathematics Ability Test is at the 99^th percentile rank. What does this mean?

• Brean scored the highest.

    

• Brean’s score is 99 points.

• Brean is the 99th in position among all the examinees.

• Brean scored higher than the other 99% of the examinees.

In a 50-item test, Arkin got a score of 38 which is the third quartile. This means that:

  

• He surpassed 75% of his classmates.

• His score is higher than 25% of his classmates.

• 75% of the class passed the test.

• He got the highest score.

To qualify as a contestant for a 30-item Math Galing contest elimination round, you must obtain a passing score which is greater than or equal to the 75^th percentile. This implies that you should answer ____________________.

  

• at most 75% of the items correctly

• at least 75 % of the items correctly

• at least 25% of the items correctly

• at most 50 % of the items correctly

Angelica got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70^th percentile in a mathematics test. Which of the following is NOT true?

• She scored above 70% of his classmates.

• Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above.

• If the passing Angelica is the first quartile, he passed the test.

• Her score is below the fifth decile.

Based on the 2018 Family Income Survey in the Philippines on the average annual income of families per region (arranged in ascending order), the third quartile is 308 000. What does it mean if the average annual income of families in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is 354 000?

• a) Families in CAR have the highest average annual income among the 17

          regions.

     

• Families in CAR earn an average annual income that is higher than at least

          13 regions.

• Families in CAR earn an average annual income that is higher than at most

          13 regions.

• Families in CAR earn an average annual income that is less than at least 13

          regions.