Question

Find the lower quartile for the data. {63, 74, 63, 76. 73, 70, 74, 69, 69, 65, 70, 70, 72, 70, 65}

A. 65
B. 68
C. 66
D. 67

Answer 1

65

Explanation:

The lower quartile for the given data is 65. To calculate this, we first need to sort the data in ascending order: {63, 63, 65, 65, 69, 70, 70, 70, 70, 72, 73, 74, 74, 76}. The lower quartile is then calculated as the median of the lower half of the data, which is 65.