Question

There are the scores of 20 students in a 20-item test in Mathematics in the Modern World: 1, 7, 9, 4, 12, 15, 18, 20, 15, 14, 13, 15, 20, 20, 3, 5, 16, 18, 15 and 13. Find the following:

Answers:

1. Quartile3 =

2. Decile4 =

3. Percentile75 =

Answer 1

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1.

$Q_3=(\dfrac{3(n+1) }{4})^{th}$ value of the observation

$=(\dfrac{3(20+1) }{4})^{th}$ value of the observation

$=(15.75)^{th}$ value of the observation

$Q_3=18$

2.

$D_4=(\dfrac{4(n+1) }{10})^{th}$ value of the observation

$=(\dfrac{4(20+1) }{10})^{th}$ value of the observation

$=(8.4)^{th}$ value of the observation

$D_4=13$

3.

$P_{75}=(\dfrac{75(n+1) }{100})^{th}$ value of the observation

$=(\dfrac{75(20+1) }{100})^{th}$ value of the observation

$=(15.75)^{th}$ value of the observation

$P_{75}=18$