State Unemployment Rate(Previous Year) Unemployment Rate(Current Year) Alabama 6.8 6.1 Alaska 6.9 6.5 Arizona 6.8 6.1 Arkansas 6.0 5.0 California 7.5 6.2 Colorado 5.0 3.9 Connecticut 6.6 5.7 Delaware 5.7 4.9 Florida 6.3 5.5 Georgia 7.1 6.0 Hawaii 4.4 3.6 Idaho 4.8 4.2 Illinois 7.1 6.0 Indiana 6.0 4.8 Iowa 4.2 3.8 Kansas 4.5 4.2 Kentucky 6.5 5.3 Louisiana 6.4 6.3 Maine 5.6 4.4 Maryland 5.8 5.1 Massachusetts 5.7 4.8 Michigan 7.2 5.4 Minnesota 4.2 3.7 Mississippi 7.5 6.4 Missouri 6.1 5.0 Montana 4.7 4.2 Nebraska 3.3 3.0 Nevada 7.9 6.8 New Hampshire 4.3 3.4 New Jersey 6.8 5.8 New Mexico 6.7 6.5 New York 6.3 5.3 North Carolina 6.3 5.7 North Dakota 2.7 2.8 Ohio 5.8 4.9 Oklahoma 4.5 4.4 Oregon 6.8 5.6 Pennsylvania 5.9 5.3 Rhode Island 7.7 6.0 South Carolina 6.5 6.0 South Dakota 3.4 3.1 Tennessee 6.6 5.6 Texas 5.1 4.4 Utah 3.8 3.6 Vermont 3.9 3.6 Virginia 5.2 4.5 Washington 6.1 5.6 West Virginia 6.6 6.7 Wisconsin 5.4 4.6 Wyoming 4.1 4.3 To compare unemployment rates for the previous year with unemployment rates for the current year, compute the first quartile, the median, and the third quartile for the previous year unemployment data and the current year unemployment data. Please round the answers to decimal places. Previous Year Current Year First Quartile Median Third Quartile

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State	Unemployment Rate (Previous Year)	Unemployment Rate (Current Year)
Alabama	6.8	6.1
Alaska	6.9	6.5
Arizona	6.8	6.1
Arkansas	6.0	5.0
California	7.5	6.2
Colorado	5.0	3.9
Connecticut	6.6	5.7
Delaware	5.7	4.9
Florida	6.3	5.5
Georgia	7.1	6.0
Hawaii	4.4	3.6
Idaho	4.8	4.2
Illinois	7.1	6.0
Indiana	6.0	4.8
Iowa	4.2	3.8
Kansas	4.5	4.2
Kentucky	6.5	5.3
Louisiana	6.4	6.3
Maine	5.6	4.4
Maryland	5.8	5.1
Massachusetts	5.7	4.8
Michigan	7.2	5.4
Minnesota	4.2	3.7
Mississippi	7.5	6.4
Missouri	6.1	5.0
Montana	4.7	4.2
Nebraska	3.3	3.0
Nevada	7.9	6.8
New Hampshire	4.3	3.4
New Jersey	6.8	5.8
New Mexico	6.7	6.5
New York	6.3	5.3
North Carolina	6.3	5.7
North Dakota	2.7	2.8
Ohio	5.8	4.9
Oklahoma	4.5	4.4
Oregon	6.8	5.6
Pennsylvania	5.9	5.3
Rhode Island	7.7	6.0
South Carolina	6.5	6.0
South Dakota	3.4	3.1
Tennessee	6.6	5.6
Texas	5.1	4.4
Utah	3.8	3.6
Vermont	3.9	3.6
Virginia	5.2	4.5
Washington	6.1	5.6
West Virginia	6.6	6.7
Wisconsin	5.4	4.6
Wyoming	4.1	4.3

To compare unemployment rates for the previous year with unemployment rates for the current year, compute the first quartile, the median, and the third quartile for the previous year unemployment data and the current year unemployment data. Please round the answers to decimal places.

	Previous Year	Current Year
First Quartile
Median
Third Quartile

Definition Definition Middle value of a data set. The median divides a data set into two halves, and it also called the 50th percentile. The median is much less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean. If the number of elements in a dataset is odd, then the middlemost element of the data arranged in ascending or descending order is the median. If the number of elements in the dataset is even, the average of the two central elements of the arranged data is the median of the set. For example, if a dataset has five items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31—the median is the third item in ascending order, or 21. If a dataset has six items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33—the median is the average of the third (21) and fourth (27) items. It is calculated as follows: (21 + 27) / 2 = 24.

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