Find the median, lower quartile, and upper quartile for the given set of data. {30, 24, 8, 21, 35, 23, 23, 19, 13, 17}

a. lower quartile = 8, median = 22, upper quartile = 35

b. lower quartile = 17, median = 22, upper quartile = 24

c. lower quartile = 8, median = 21.3, upper quartile = 35

d. lower quartile = 17, median = 21.3, upper quartile = 24

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Leanna Dougherty

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15 March, 00:43

Find the median, lower quartile, and upper quartile for the given set of data. {30, 24, 8, 21, 35, 23, 23, 19, 13, 17}

a. lower quartile = 8, median = 22, upper quartile = 35

b. lower quartile = 17, median = 22, upper quartile = 24

c. lower quartile = 8, median = 21.3, upper quartile = 35

d. lower quartile = 17, median = 21.3, upper quartile = 24

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Timothy · Answer 1

If we arrange them in order

8 13 17 19 21 23 23 24 30 35

The median is the mean of the 2 middle numbers: - 21+23 / 2 = 22

first quartile is middle one from 8 to 21 = 17

in similar way upper quartile = 24

correct choice is b.