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Chapter 3: Q27 (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.

P25

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The data speed corresponding to the 25th percentile is 0.5 Mbps.

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01

Given information 

Sprint airport data speeds are provided.

The sample size is equal to 50.

02

Mapping method of percentile to value 

  • Convert percentile and count of observations to a locator value L as follows:

L=k100×n

Here, L is the locator of the value;

k is the percentile of the value;

n is the total number of values.

  • When L is a whole number, the mid-value corresponding to the Lthvalue and the L+1th is calculated and used as observation corresponding to kth percentile.
  • When L contains decimals, the location of the data value in the sample is the rounded L value (to the next whole number) to obtain the observation corresponding kth percentile.
03

Calculation to obtain the observation

The locator value for the 25th percentile in a data set of 50 observations is as follows:

L=k100×n=25100×50=12.5≈13roundedtothenextwholenumber

The data value corresponding to the 13th observation from the sample is 0.5 Mbps.

Therefore,the data speed corresponding to the 25th percentile is 0.5 Mbps.

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