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http://dx.doi.org/10.7465/jkdi.2017.28.2.383

A new method for calculating quantiles of grouped data based on the frequency polygon  

Kim, Hyuk Joo (Division of Mathematics & Informational Statistics and Institute of Basic Natural Sciences, Wonkwang University)
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Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society / v.28, no.2, 2017 , pp. 383-393 More about this Journal
Abstract
When we deal with grouped statistical data, it is desirable to use a calculation method that gives as close value to the true value of a statistic as possible. In this paper, we suggested a new method to calculate the quantiles of grouped data. The main idea of the suggested method is calculating the data values by partitioning the pentagons, that correspond to the class intervals in the frequency polygon drawn according to the histogram, into parts with equal area. We compared this method with existing methods through simulations using some datasets from introductory statistics textbooks. In the simulation study, we simulated as many data values as given in each class interval using the inverse transform method, on the basis of the distribution that has the shape given by the frequency polygon. Using the sum of squares of differences from quantiles of the simulated data as a criterion, the suggested method was found to have better performance than existing methods for almost all quartiles and deciles.
Keywords
Frequency polygon; grouped data; quantile; simulation;
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