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Chapter 3: Q24 (page 126)

In Exercises 21–28, use the same list of Sprint airport data speeds (Mbps) given for Exercises 17–20. Find the indicated percentile or quartile.

P40

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The data speed corresponding to the 40th percentile is 1.05 Mbps.

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Given information 

The data shows 50 airport data speeds (in Mbps).

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Steps to convert the percentile measure to an observation 

  • The given formula is used to find the locator (L) of the value corresponding to kthpercentile and total value equal to n.

L=k100×n

  • The mid-value of the Lthobservation and the L+1thobservation (from the sorted data) is computed and considered the data speed when L is a whole number.
  • The value of L is rounded to the next whole number if it is not a whole number. Then, the Lthvalue is considered the data speed.
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 Step 3: Compute the observation for the 40th percentile

For k equal to 40 and n equal to 50 in the formula, the L value is calculated as follows:

L=k100×n=40100×50=20

As L =20 is a whole number, select the 20th and the 21st values after arranging the values from lowest to greatest. The corresponding values are 1 and 1.1, respectively.

The following computation is done to calculate the data speed (x):

x=20thobs+21thobs2=1.0+1.12=1.05

Therefore, the data speed equal to 1.05 Mbpscorresponds to the 40th percentile.

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