Measures of the Location of the Data · Exercise 4
(a) For runners in a race, a low time means a faster run. The winners in a race have the shortest running times. Is it more desirable to have a finish time with a high or a low percentile when running a race?
(b) The 20^th percentile of run times in a particular race is 5.2 minutes. Write a sentence interpreting the 20^th percentile in the context of the situation.
(c) A bicyclist in the 90^th percentile of a bicycle race completed the race in 1 hour and 12 minutes. Is he among the fastest or slowest cyclists in the race? Write a sentence interpreting the 90^th percentile in the context of the situation.
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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §2.3 Measures of the Location of the Data · Exercise 4
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