MATHEMATICS 10

4th Quarter
Week 6

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 Competency: uses appropriate measures of position and other
statistical methods in analyzing and interpreting research data.
(M10SP-IVh-j-1)

Objectives: At the end of the week, you shall have

o recalled measures of position and measures of central tendency;
o solved for an appropriate measure of position in analyzing and interpreting
research data; and
o appreciated the importance of measures of position in making wise
decisions.

Learner’s Tasks

Lesson Overview

Let us remember that analysis of data takes place after a statistical treatment was
done to a collected, organized and presented set of data. A researcher may draw
conclusions from the results of a statistical treatment used.

The “center “of a data set is also a way of describing location. Mean, median and
mode are the three measures of central tendency.

In this Learning Activity Sheet, knowing the steps in computing mean, median and
mode is an important skill needed to understand the concepts of using appropriate
measures of position and other statistical methods in analyzing and interpreting data.

You can use the mean if there are no extreme values in the data set. Extreme
values are data values that is much greater or much lesser than the other values. This
data value affects the value of the mean or arithmetic average when extreme values
are included in a set of data, the mean may become less representative of the set of
data.

However, the values of the median and the mode are not affected by extreme
values in the set of data. Mean or median should be used for quantitative data
(numerical data) and mode for qualitative data (categorical data).

Illustrative Example 1:
Two contestants in a beauty contest garnered the following scores from 7 judges.

Judge Contestant 1 Contestant 2

1 97 96
2 96 99

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 3 98 96
4 95 90
5 96 96
6 97 95
7 90 93

A. Computing the Mean. Add the values of all the entries and divide by the
number of entries.
669
Contestant 1: Mean = 97+ 96 + 98 + 95+ 96+ 97+ 90 = = 95. 57
7
7
665
Contestant 2: Mean = 96+ 99+ 96+ 90+ 96+ 95+ 93 = = 95
7
7
This means that contestant 1 is better than contestant 2.

B. Computing the Median. The median is the central value of an ordered distribution.
To find it:
1. Arrange the scores from descending or ascending order.
Contestant 1: 98 97 97 96 96 95 90
Contestant 2: 99 96 96 96 95 93 90
2. Locate the middle value.
Contestant 1: Median = 96
Contestant 2: Median = 96
Using the median, one can conclude that the contestants had the same
performance rating.
Note: For an odd number of data values in the distribution, median is the middle value
while for even number of data in the distribution,
𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠
Median =
2

C. Computing the Mode. Find the number with most occurrence or highest
frequency.
Contestant 1: Contestant 2:

Score Frequency Score Frequency

97 2 96 3
96 2
Mode = 96
97+96
Mode =
2
= 96.5

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Using the mode, one can conclude that contestant 1 is better than contestant 2.

Contestant 1 Contestant 2
Mean 95.57 95
Median 96 96
Mode 96.5 96
The most appropriate measures of center or measures of central tendency to
make conclusions in the given set of data are the mean and mode. Thus, contestant 1
performed better than contestant 2.

WEIGHTED AVERAGE

A weighted average (weighted mean or scaled average) is used when we

consider some data values to be more important than other values and so we want them
to contribute more to the final "average".

Illustrative Example 2:
In Rex's school, Math grade for the year are calculated from assignments, tests
and a final exam. Assignments count 30%, tests 20%, and the final exam 50%. If Rex has
an assignment grade of 85, a test grade of 72, and an exam of 61, what is Rex's overall
grade?
Rex's overall grade is the weighted mean
= (0.3 × 85) +( 0.2 × 72) + (0.5 × 61)
= 25.5 + 14.4 + 30.5
= 70.4

Using the weighted average, it can be described that Rex`s Math grade is FAILED.

Finding the weighted average given the table

A group of people were surveyed for how many movies they had seen in a week.
The table below shows the results of the survey.

Total movies seen 0 1 2 3 4 5

Number of people 4 3 10 7 12 3

a. How many people took part in the survey?

Solution: (Add) 4 + 3 + 10 +7 +12 +3 = 39 people

b. What was the total number of movies seen in a week by all the survey
takers?
Solution: Multiply the number of people to the total movies seen. Then, find
the sum of the weighted terms.

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 4 (0) + 3(1) + 10 (2) + 7(3) + 12 (4) + 3(5)

0 + 3 + 20 + 21 + 48 + 15 = 107, sum of the weighted terms.

c. What was the average number of movies seen in a week per person
surveyed? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Solution: Using the formula

Weighted Average = 𝑆𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠

= 2.74 ≅ 3, average number of movies seen in a

week.

On the other hand, measures of position are expressed in percentiles,

deciles or quartiles and it is very important to be able to compare these measures
of position.

Illustrative Example 3:
Dominic and Ann took a test together. Dominic’s score belonged to the 2nd quartile.
Anne’s score belonged to the 75th percentile. Who got a bigger score in the test?
Answer:
Dominic’s score belonged to the 50th percentile. Anne’s score belonged to the
3rd quartile. Therefore, Anne got a bigger score in the test.

General Directions: Answer Activity 1-3 and the Formative Test. Write your answers on a
separate answer sheet. Do not write anything on the Learning Activity Sheet.

Activity 1

A. Fill me UP!
Directions: Recall the equivalent measure of the following position.

1. 1st quartile = ____________ percentile

2. 80th percentile = ____________ decile
3. 2nd quartile = ____________ decile
4. 3rd quartile = ____________ percentile
5. 4th decile = ____________ percentile

B. Guess the Word!

Directions: Rearrange the letters inside the circle to reveal the answer in each
given statement.

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1._______- is the collection of information 2.________- refers to the most frequent
pertaining to a study under investigation. score in a data set.

3.________- is a number resulting by 4.________- refers to the middle point of a

adding all data points and dividing by number set in which half the numbers are
the number of data points and above and half are below and arranged
sometimes called the average. in ascending or descending order.

Activity 2: Treat me a dinner!

Directions: Consider the situation below, then, solve what is asked of the following
questions.

At a bowling party, the members of the junior class decided to separate

into two teams and the team with the lower mean would have to make dinner for
the other team. The table below shows the two teams and their scores.

Team A Score Team B Score

Ted 251 Debby 102
Elly 212 Tom 211
Mandi 212 Jeff 143
Paul 180 Smith 145
Maria 189 Rene 134
Brian 160 Yolanda 105
Roy 150 Precy 99
Lucy 175 Joy 202

a. What are the mean, median and mode for Team A? for Team B?
b. Which team had to make a dinner?

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Activity 3: Who is the Winner?
A music talent competition uses a panel to judge performers. The performers are
judged according to 4 criteria (shown below). Each judge is asked to award a mark
out of 10 for each criterion. If you are one of the tabulators of the competition, show your
solution and determine the winner.

Importance or Score out of 10

Criteria weighting (%) of
criteria Phoebe Charlotte Harry
Vocal quality 40 7 6 8
Musical
30 8 7 7
Accompaniment
Appearance 10 5 9 8
Choreography 20 6 8 5
Overall score
(out of 10)

Formative Test
Directions: Let`s see how much you have learned in using an appropriate measure of
position and other statistical methods in analyzing and interpreting research data by
answering each question in the multiple choice below. Choose the letter that you think
best answers the questions stem.
1. Terry’s quizzes in her Mathematics subject are 10,15,18,18,12,20,19 and 18.
Find the mean.
A. 13.25 B. 13.5 C. 16.05 D. 16.25
2. Rod’s score in Science for the third quarter is D8 and got the score of 20. What
does it mean?
A. 8% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
B. 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 22.
C. 80% of his scores are less than or equal to 20.
D. 88% of his scores are less than or equal to 22.
3. The numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 have weights of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 respectively.
What is the weighted mean?
A. 3.2 B. 3 C. 2.8 D. 2.5
4. Given a test in Statistics, the 75% percentile score is 20. What does it mean?
A. Students should answer 75 points to pass the test
B. Students should answer 25 points to pass the test
C. Students should answer correctly at least 20 items to pass the test
D. Students should answer correctly at least 10 items to pass the test

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 5. A class of 30 students took Geography test, 28 students had an average
score of 80%. The remaining students were sick and took the test the following
week. They had an average score of 77%. What was the average score for
the whole class?
A. 80 B. 79.80 C. 77.20 D. 77.0

Answer Key

Activity 1
A. Fill me UP! B. Guess the Word!

1. 25th 1. DATA
2. 8th 2. MODE
3. 5th 3. MEAN
4. 75th 4. MEDIAN
5. 40th

Activity 2: Treat me a dinner!

1. Team A
Mean = 191.125 Median = 184.5 Mode = 212
Team B
Mean = 142.625 Median = 138.5 Mode = no Mode

2. Team B will prepare a dinner

Activity 3: Who is the Winner?

Phoebe – 6.9
Charlotte - 7.0
Harry – 7.1
Harry is the winner.

References

MATHEMATICS 10 Quarter 4 – Module 6 Measures of Position and Other Statistical Methods

Division of Negros Oriental Region VII