9th percentile calculation

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aravind.s Pai

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Nov 17, 2020, 2:30:09 AM11/17/20
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Based on this information, answer questions 4-7.

The number of bicycles sold in a bicycle shop over the first nine days of the month are given below.


How to calculate the value of the 9th,25th and 75th percentile?

Please reply as soon as possible.

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Aravind

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Nov 17, 2020, 2:36:45 AM11/17/20
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Hi,
First, arrange the data in the increasing order. If you are finding 9th percentile then p=.09 and n is 9. hence, np=.81
It implies that the 1st data point will be your 9th percentile.

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Nitin Jha
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