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

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

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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.

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

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