Position Measure

Position Measure

1. Position measures are statistical parameters that allow defining a data set. That is, position measures help to know what a data set is like.

   • In statistics, there are two types of position measures.
     • Center Position Measurements
       • Non-central position measures
         • They are used to divide the data into equal intervals.
         • Divide the data set into equal parts.
           • Quartiles
             • Divide the data sample into four identical parts.
           • Quintiles
             • Divide the data into five equal parts.
           • Deciles
             • Divide the data set into ten intervals of the same widt
           • Percentiles
             • divide the data into one hundred equivalent parts.
       • Determine the central values ​​of a set of data
       • indicate the central values ​​of a distribution
         • Half
           • Hs the average of all the data in the sample
         • Median
           • Is the mean value of all data ordered from smallest to largest.
         • Fashion
           • is the most repeated value in the data set.