Discussion of Percentile

PERCENTIL
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Reporter:
ANGELIKA JEAN E. BAHAL
Objective
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
• Define Percentile
• Discuss the Percentile of Grouped and Ungrouped Data
• Give examples of Percentile of Grouped and Ungrouped Data

DRILL #1:
In a litter of nine kittens, the only orange kitten weighs more than three in the
litter, and less than the other remaining five.
What is the percentile of the orange kitten’s weight in comparison to the litter?
a. 44%
b. 22%
c. 55%
d. 33%
Explanation:
The percentile is equal to how many items in the set are equal to or less
than the one in question divided by the total number of items in the set.
Because there are four items equal to or less than the orange kitten’s
weight and there are nine items total in the set, the percentile is equal to
4
9 or 44%
DRILL #2:
98, 99, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 104, 105, 105, 107, 110, 112, 112
For the above data set, 102 is in what percentile?
a. 50th
b. 57th
c. 43rd
d. 1st
Explanation:
In the data set, 102 is the 6th data point listed. There are 14 data points
total. This means that 6 ÷ 14 = 0.4286. It is decimal so let’s convert it
into percentage, so the answer is 42.86% of the data is at or below
102.
Let’s round off. That’s approximately the 43rd percentile.
DRILL #3:
98, 99, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 104, 105, 105, 107, 110, 112, 112
For the above data set, 110 is in what percentile?
a. 75th
b. 14th
c. 90th
d. 86th
Explanation:
In the data set, 110 is the 12th data point listed.

98, 99, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 104, 105, 105, 107, 110, 112, 112
There are 14 data points total. That means 12 ÷ 14 = 0.857.
It is decimal so let’s convert it into percentage, so the answer is 85.7%.
Since about 86% of the data points are at or below 110, it’s in the 86 th percentile.
What is Percentile?
A percentile is a measure used in
statistics that describes the percentage
of data values that fall at or below
another data value.
Percentile - the value below which a percentage of data fall
- range from 1 to 99
Example: Margarita scored at the 85th percentile on a

standardized test.
As she scored at the 85th percentile,

this indicates that Margarita scored better than 85% of the
people on the exam.
Percentiles can be calculated using the formula
n = (P/100) x N
where P = percentile
N = number of values in a data set (sorted from smallest to
largest)
n = ordinal rank of a given value
For example, take a class of 20 students that earned the following scores on their most recent
test:
75, 77, 78, 78, 80, 81, 81, 82, 83, 84, 84, 84, 85, 87, 87, 88, 88, 88, 89, 90.
These scores can be represented as a data set with 20 values:
{75, 77, 78, 78, 80, 81, 81, 82, 83, 84, 84, 84, 85, 87, 87, 88, 88, 88, 89, 90}.
We can find the score that marks the 20th percentile by plugging in known values into the
formula and solving for n:
n = (P/100) x N
n = (20/100) x 20
n=4
The fourth value in the data set is the score 78. This means that 78
marks the 20th percentile; of the students in the class,
20 percent earned a score of 78 or lower.
75, 77, 78, 78, 80, 81, 81, 82, 83, 84, 84, 84, 85, 87, 87, 88, 88, 88, 89,
90
Percentile indicate the percentage of scores
that a given value is higher or greater than.
-3RD Percentile: scored better than 3% of examinees
-40th Percentile: scored better than 40% of the examinees

On the other hand, Percentiles can also be thought of
as dividing scores into two separate groups.
-3RD Percentile: 3% scored below this point: 97% scored above
-40th Percentile: 40% scored below this point, 60% scored

above
Example:
There were 15 students took a 50 math test.

On the other day, everyone got their scores back.
Here are the scores of 15 students:

34, 20, 35, 39, 38, 25, 43, 36, 31, 36, 35, 38, 15, 34 & 36
How to get the Percentile?
First, we have to order the data numerically.
Is it Ascending or Descending?
It is Ascendingly, from lower score to higher score.
Here is our data:

34, 20, 35, 39, 38, 25, 43, 36, 31, 36, 35, 38, 15, 34 & 36
Let’s arrange it from lowest to highest:
15, 20, 25, 31, 34, 34, 35, 35, 36, 36, 36, 38, 38, 39, 43
Now, let’s look for the 50th Percentile.

What is the 50th Percentile of our data?
To find the 50th Percentile or Q2 in our data:
First, let’s find the median:
50th Percentile or Q2 is equal to the median as it splits the distribution exactly in half.
What is Median?
The median is the value in the middle of a data set, meaning that 50% of
data points have a value smaller or equal to the median and 50% of data
points have a value higher or equal to the median.
To find the 50 Percentile in our data:
th
First, let’s find the median:

15, 20, 25, 31, 34, 34, 35, 35, 36, 36, 36, 38, 38, 39, 43
50% OF THE DATA ARE AS SMALL OR SMALLER

“50% OF THE DATA POINTS ARE SMALLER”
50% OF THE DATA ARE AS LARGE OR LARGER

In this regard,
Q1 AND Q3 also describes as Percentile
15, 20, 25, 31, 34, 34, 35, 35, 36, 36, 36, 38, 38, 39, 43
Q1
Q3
The 1st Quartile or Q1 is also known as the 25th Percentile.
The 3rd Quartile OR Q3 is also known as the 75th Percentile
What does it mean?
It means that:
75% OF THE DATA POINTS ARE AS SMALL OR SMALLER
AND 25% OF THE DATA POINTS ARE LARGE OR LARGER
So, if someone scores 75th Percentile, we can say that he/she beats the
75% of the class.
In summary:
Q1 = 25th Percentile
Q2 = 50th Percentile (median)
Q3 = 75th Percentile
D1 = first decile (10th percentile)

D2 = second decile (20th percentile)
D3 = third decile ( 30th percentile)
and so on (D4, D5, D6, D7, D8) ending with
D9 = ninth decile (90th percentile)
Percentile of Ungrouped Data
FORMULA:
Percentile of Grouped Data
Percentile of Grouped Data
Calculate Percentile Rank for Grouped Data
Percentile Rank = L + (RN/100 – M) / F * C
where:
• L: The lower bound of the interval that contains the percentile rank
• R: The percentile rank
• N: The total frequency
• M: The cumulative frequency leading up to the interval that contains the percentile rank
• F: The frequency of the interval that contains the percentile rank
• C: The class width
Suppose we have the following frequency distribution:
The interval that contains the 64th percentile will be the 21-25 interval since 64
is between the cumulative frequencies of 58 and 70.
The lower bound of the interval that contains the percentile rank
The lower bound of the interval is 21.
R: The percentile rank
The percentile we’re interested in is 64.
N: The total frequency
The total cumulative frequency in the table is 92.
M: The cumulative frequency leading up to the interval that contains the percentile rank
The cumulative frequency leading up to the 21-25 class is 58.
F: The frequency of the interval that contains the percentile rank
The frequency of the 21-25 class is 12.
C: The class width
The class width is calculated as 25 – 21 = 4.
64th Percentile Rank = 21 + (64*92/100 – 58) / 12 * 4
Percentile Rank = 21.293
The value at the 64th percentile is 21.293.
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PERCENTIL

• Discuss the Percentile of Grouped and Ungrouped Data

• Give examples of Percentile of Grouped and Ungrouped Data

In the data set, 110 is the 12th data point listed.

Example: Margarita scored at the 85th percentile on a

As she scored at the 85th percentile,

-3RD Percentile: scored better than 3% of examinees

-40th Percentile: scored better than 40% of the examinees

-3RD Percentile: 3% scored below this point: 97% scored above

-40th Percentile: 40% scored below this point, 60% scored

There were 15 students took a 50 math test.

Here are the scores of 15 students:

Here is our data:

Now, let’s look for the 50th Percentile.

First, let’s find the median:

50% OF THE DATA ARE AS SMALL OR SMALLER

50% OF THE DATA ARE AS LARGE OR LARGER

D1 = first decile (10th percentile)

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