Decile Example - Suppose a data set consist of following numbers: 24, 32, 27, 32, 23, 62, 45, 80, 59, 63, 36, 54, 57, 36, 72, 55, 51, 32, 56, 33, 42, 55, 30. The value of the first two decide has to be calculated. The step required are as follows: Step 1: Arrange the data in increasing order. This gives 23, 24, 27, 30, 32, 32, 32, 33, 36, 36, 42, 45, 51, 54, 55, 55, 56, 57, 59, 62, 63, 72, 80. Step 2: Identify the total number of points. Here, n=23 Step 3: Apply the decile formula top calculate the position of the required data point. D (1) = . This implies the value of the 2.4 th data point has to be determined. This will lie between the score in the 2 nd and 3 rd position . In other words, the 2.4 th data is 0.4 of the way between the scores 24 and 27. Step 4: The value of the decile can be determined as [lower score+ (distance) (higher score-lower score)]. This is given as 24+0,4* (27-24) = 25.2