parts Percentiles The p- the percentile is a number such that at most p% of the measurements are below it and at most (100 p) percent of the data are above it. Example, if in a certain data the 85th percentile is 340 means that 15% of the measurements in the data are above 340. It also means that 85% of the measurements are below 340 Notice that the median is the 50th percent
PERCENTILE Example
large department store collects data on sales made by each of its salespeople. The number of sales made on a given day by each of 20 salespeople is given below
Sales made by 20 people on a given day - sales and sorted sales 9 6 6 9 12 10 10 12 13 13 15 14 16 14 14 15 14 16 16 16 17 16 16 17 24 17 21 18 22 18 18 19 19 20 18 21 20 22 17 24 Find the 50th, 80th, and the 90th percentiles of this data set. To find the 50th percentile, determine the data point in position P(n + 1)/100 = (20 + 1)(50/100) = 10.5 Thus, the percentile is located at the 10.5 th position. The 10th observation is 16, and the 11 th observation is also 16. The 50th percentile will lie halfway between the 10th and 11th values (which are both 16 in this case) and is thus 16.
To find the 80th percentile determine the data point in position P(n + 1)/100 =80 (20 + 1)(80/100) = 16.8. Thus, the percentile is located at the 16.8 th
position. The 16th observation is 19, and the 17 th
observation is 20. The 80th percentile is a point lying 0.8 of the way from 19 to 20 and is thus 19.8. To find the 90th percentile, determine the data point in position (n + 1)P/100 = (20 + 1)(90/100) = 18.9. Thus, the percentile is located at the 18.9 th
position. The 18th observation is 21, and the 19th observation is 22. The 90th percentile is a point lying 0.9 of the way from 21 to 22 and is thus 21.9. To find the 90th percentile, determine the data point in position (n + 1)P/100 = (20 + 1)(90/100) = 18.9. Thus, the percentile is located at the 18.9th position. The 18th observation is 21, and the 19th observation is 22. The 90th percentile is a point lying 0.9 of the way from 21 to 22 and is thus 21.9. Percentile range P90-p10 Percentile deviation
(P90-P10)/2 Deciles are data that have been divided into 10 groups.
a) 0.38 x £4.20 = £1.60b) 0.7 x £35 = £24.50 c) £60 x 1.12 = £67.20d) £85 x 1.07 = £90.95e) £3.20 x 0.88 = £2.816f) £8.24 x 0.99 = £8.1476 = £8.15g) £10 x 1.1 = £11; £11 x 0.9 = £9.90
Here are the percentages for the fractions:3/5 = 60% 6/10 = 60%13/20 = 65% 5/12 = 41.67% (rounded to 41%)Great work converting between fractions and percentages