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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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As mentioned previously, a box plot is constructed from five values: the minimum value, the first quartile, the median, the third quartile, and the maximum value.

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The first quartile marks one end of the box, and the third quartile marks the other end of the box.

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Find the median, the first quartile, and the third quartile for the sample mean time of diagnosis in the United States.

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Find the median, the first quartile, and the third quartile for the sum of sample times of diagnosis in the United States.

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Calculate the median, M, the first quartile, Q1, and the third quartile Q3.

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