Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 3 - Data Description - 3-3 Measures of Position - Exercises 3-3 - Page 161: 23

Answer

1.1 5th 1.7 15th 1.9 25th 2.1 35th 2.2 45th 2.5 55th 3.3 65th 6.2 75th 6.8 85th 20.3 95th 2.15

Work Step by Step

Find the percentile rank of each value. n=10, use the formula for percentile rank, we have First column: original number Second column: rank 1.1 5th 1.7 15th 1.9 25th 2.1 35th 2.2 45th 2.5 55th 3.3 65th 6.2 75th 6.8 85th 20.3 95th What value corresponds to the 40th percentile? $c=\frac{40\times10}{100}4$ Identify the value between 4th and 5th as: 2.15
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