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third quartile

American

noun

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

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

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

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