For the following data find the three quartiles and the IQR, then any outliers. 6, 12, 14, 15, 18, 22, 29, 40, 50 Q1 = Q2 = Q3 = IQR = Interval for Outliers: Outliers: (State “none” if there are no outliers. Make sure you determine the interval for outliers.)

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For the following data find the three quartiles and the IQR, then any outliers.
6, 12, 14, 15, 18, 22, 29, 40, 50
Q1 =
Q2
=
Q3
=
IQR =
Interval for Outliers:
Outliers:
(State “none” if there are no outliers. Make sure you determine the interval for outliers.)

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  • The first quartile (or lower quartile or 25th percentile) is the median of the bottom half of the numbers. So, to find the first quartile, we need to place the numbers in value order and find the bottom half.

                    6   12   14   15   18   22   29   40   50   

                    So, the bottom half is

                        6   12   14   15   

                   The median of these numbers is 13

                                  Q1 = 13 

  • The third quartile (or upper quartile or 75th percentile) is the median of the upper half of the numbers. So, to find the third quartile, we need to place the numbers in value order and find the upper half.

               6   12   14   15   18   22   29   40   50   

                 So, the upper half is

                  22   29   40   50   

                 The median of these numbers is 34.5.

                             Q3 = 34.5 

Step 2

The interquartile range is the difference between the third and first quartiles.

The third quartile is 34.5.

The first quartile is 13.

The interquartile range (IQR)= 34.5 - 13 = 21.5

 

  • Outlier : 

An outlier is a value in a sample that too extreme. Such definition begs to be more precise: What do we mean for being "too extreme"? There are diverse interpretations of this notion of being too extreme. One common rule to decide whether a value in a sample is too extreme is whether or not the value is beyond 1.5 times the Interquartile Range from the first or third quartiles . 

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