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third quartile

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noun

  1. (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.


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The first quartile, Q1, is the middle value of the lower half of the data, and the third quartile, Q3, is the middle value, or median, of the upper half of the data.

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Find the smallest and largest values, the median, and the first and third quartile for Ms. Park's class.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

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

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The third quartile, Q3, is the 38th value, which is an eight.

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The first quartile, Q1, is the same as the 25th percentile, and the third quartile, Q3, is the same as the 75th percentile.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

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