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Identify the least value, first quartile, median, third quartile, and greatest value of the data.

5, 1, 4, 0, 9, 0, −8, 5, 2, 4, −1, 10, 7, −5

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Answer:

least value=-8, Q1=-0.5, median=3, Q3=5, greatest value=10

Explanation:

To find the least and greatest values, we simply look at the numbers in the data set and see that the least is -8 and the greatest is 10.

To find the first quartile, median, and third quartile, we need to put the data in order from least to greatest:

-8, -5, -1, 0, 0, 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9, 10

There are 14 numbers in the data set, so the median is the average of the 7th and 8th numbers, which is:

(median) = (2+4)/2 = 3

To find the first quartile, we need to find the median of the lower half of the data set. The lower half includes the first 7 numbers:

-8, -5, -1, 0, 0, 1, 2

The median of this lower half is the average of the 3rd and 4th numbers:

(first quartile) = (-1+0)/2 = -0.5

To find the third quartile, we need to find the median of the upper half of the data set. The upper half includes the last 7 numbers:

2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9, 10

The median of this upper half is the average of the 4th and 5th numbers:

(third quartile) = (5+5)/2 = 5

So the least value is -8, the first quartile is -0.5, the median is 3, the third quartile is 5, and the greatest value is 10.

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