Quartiles

The value which divide the arranged data into four

equal parts are called Quartiles. These values are
denoted by Q1, Q2, and Q3.
Where
Q1= The first quartile
Q2= The second quartile
Q3= The third quartile

Quartiles for ungroupd data

n+1
Q 1 = first Quartile=(
)th value
4
n+1
Q 2=Second Quartile=2(
)th value
4
n+1
Q 3 =Third Quartile=3(
)th value
4
Q. Find all quartiles for the following data?
2,3,3,9,6,6,12,11,8,2,3,5,7,5,4,4,5,12,9

Quartiles for ungroupd frequency distribution

f +1

Q =First Quartile=(
)th value
1

f +1

Q =Second Quartile=2(
)th value
2

f +1

Q =Third Quartile=3(
)th value
3

Q. Find all the quartiles from the following ungrouped frequency distribution.
Marks

10

Frequency

11

15

10

Quartiles for Grouped frequency distribution

h f
Q 1= First Quartile=l+ (
C.f.)
f
4
h 2 f
Q 2=Second Quartile=l+ (
C.f.)
f
4
h 3 f
Q 3 =Third Quartile=l+ (
C.f.)
f
4
Wages in Rs.
No. of
Workers

150-170

170-190

190-210

210-230

230-250

30

50

80

30

10

Deciles
The values that divides the data into ten (10) equal parts are called
deciles. These values are denoted by
D1 = First Decile
D2 = Second Decile
............................
............................
............................
D9 = Ninth Decile

Deciles for upgrouped data

n+1
D 1=First Decile=(
)th value
10
n+1
D 2=Second Decile=2(
)th value
10
n+1
D 3=Third Decile=3(
)th value
10
..........................................................
..........................................................
n+1
D 9=Ninth Decile=9(
)th value
10
Q. Find fouth Decile (D4) and sixth Decile (D6) for the following date.
19,27,24,39,57,44,56,50,59,67,62,42,47,60,26,34,57,51,59,45

Deciles for ungrouped frequency distribution

f +1

D =First Decile=(
)th value
1

10

f +1

D =Second Decile=2(
)th value
2

10
f +1

D 3=Third Decile=3(
)th value
10
........................................................
f +1

D 9=Ninth Decile=9(
)th value
10

Q. Fine D2 and D6 from the following data.

x
f

4
2

5
4

6
13

7
35

8
51

9
54

10
69

11
41

12
27

13
54

Deciles for Grouped frequency distribution

h f
D 1=First Decile=l+ (
C.f.)
f 10
h 2 f
D 2=Second Decile=l+ (
C.f.)
f
10
h 3 f
D 3=Third Decile=l+ (
C.f.)
f
10
...................................................
h 9 f
D 9=Ninth Decile=l+ (
C.f.)
f
10
Q. Fine D2 and D3 from the following data?
x
f

0-5
7

5-10
18

10-15
25

15-20
30

20-25
20

Percentiles
The values which divide the arranged data into
hundred (100) equal parts are called
percentiles. These values are denoted by
P1=First Percentile
P2=Second Percentile
.................................
.................................
P99=99th Percentile

Percentile for ungrouped data

n+1
P 1=First Percentile=(
)th value
100
n+1
P 2=Second Percentile=2(
)th value
100
n+1
P 3=Third Percentile=3(
)th value
100
......................................................
n+1
P 99 =99th Percentile=99(
)th value
100

Percentile for ungrouped frequency distribution

f +1

P =First Percentile=(
)th value
1

100
f +1

P 2=Second Percentile=2(
)th value
100
f +1

P 3=Third Percentile=3(
)th value
100
......................................................
f +1

P 99 =99th Percentile=99(
)th value
100
Q. Find P10, P40, P90 from the following data?
x
f

100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450
3
6
10 15 24 42 75 90 79 55 36 26 19 13
8

Percentile for grouped frequency distribution

h f
P 1=First Percentile=l + (
C.f.)
f 100
h 2 f
P 2=Second Percentile=l+ (
C.f.)
f 100
h 3 f
P 3=Third Percentile=l+ (
C.f.)
f 100
.............................................
h 99 f
P 99 =99th Percentile=l+ (
C.f.)
f
100
Q. Find P20, P60 and P75 from the following data?
x
f

2-12
2

12-22 22-32 32-42 42-52 52-62 62-72 72-82 82-92 92-102

5
8
12
15
20
16
14
10
8