Question

What is the lower quartile of the data? 16, 18, 59, 75, 30, 34, 25, 49, 27, 16, 21, 58, 71, 19, 50

Answer 1

19.

Explanation:

First arrange in ascending order:

16, 16, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27, 30, 34, 49, 50, 58, 59, 71, 75.

There are a total of 15 numbers, so the median is the 8th number = 30.

The lower quartile is halfway alone the first 7 numbers which is the 4th number and it is 19.

The median which is the middle number