Question

Identify the first and third quartiles for the given data set.19, 17, 13, 29, 23, 11 37

Answer 1

To identify the quartiles of a data set:

`19,17,13,29,23,11,37`

1. Put the data set in order:

`11,13,17,19,23,29,37`

2. Cut the list into four equal parts:

Then, the first quartile is Q1=13 and the third quartile is Q3=29