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How many quartiles does a data set have?

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Answer: Four (4)

Explanation:

We have four quartiles. They can be labeled as Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4. I have attached an example, this comes from mathbitsnotebook.com.

As shown in the example, the quartiles are broken up by the median, and then the median of the medians.

How many quartiles does a data set have?-example-1
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