Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning From Data (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.5 - Using Measures of Position to Describe Variability - Practicing the Basics - Page 73: 2.71

Answer

$Q_1=Q_2=Q_3=4$

Work Step by Step

We are given the data: 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5 Determine $Q_2$: there are 14 numbers, $Q_2$ is the average between the 7th and the 8th numbers: $Q_2=\dfrac{4+4}{2}=4$ Determine $Q_1$: there are 7 numbers on the left of $Q_2$, their median in the 4th number: $Q_1=4$ Determine $Q_3$: there are 7 numbers on the right of $Q_2$, their median in the 11th number: $Q_3=4$ We notice that we got: $Q_1=Q_2=Q_3=4$
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