<p><span style="font-size:22px"><a href="https://www.prepswift.com/quizzes/quiz/prepswift-measures-of-position" target="_blank">Measures of Position Exercise</a></span></p><p><strong><span style="color:#8e44ad;">Measures of Position</span></strong> give you locational information of a dataset, after arranging the numbers from low to high. This last part is important. <strong><u>The numbers must be arranged from low to high</u></strong>.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#e74c3c;">The Three Most Basic Position Numbers</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The first number</strong>
<ul>
<li>also the smallest number</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>The middle number.</strong>
<ul>
<li>also known as the "median"</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>The last number</strong>
<ul>
<li>also the greatest number</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><u>But there are others</u>! Keep going through the quant mountain to discover the magic.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#e74c3c;">NOTE</span></strong>: The median is BOTH a measure of central tendency and a measure of position. It is the only one that carries this dual purpose. </p>