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first quartile

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noun

Statistics.
  1. (in a frequency distribution) the smallest quartile; the twenty-fifth percentile; the value of the variable below which one quarter of the elements are located.


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There are 16 data values between the first quartile, 56, and the largest value, 99: 75 percent.

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What is another name for the first quartile?

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Find the mean, standard deviation, the median, the first quartile, the third quartile, and the IQR.

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Unless the median, first quartile, and third quartile are the same value, the median will lie inside the box or between the first and third quartiles.

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In the example above, you just saw the calculation of the median, first quartile, and third quartile.

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