The number of patients coming into a hospital's emergency clinic between midnight and 6:00 AM was recorded each day for several days. Use the median procedure for finding quartiles to find the first, second, and third quartiles for the data. And hence draw the box-and-whisker plot.  Number of Patients (Midnight - 6AM) 20           7            11          13            17             20  16          10           22          16            12             13 20          21           12          10             7

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The number of patients coming into a hospital's emergency clinic between midnight and 6:00 AM was recorded each day for several days. Use the median procedure for finding quartiles to find the first, second, and third quartiles for the data. And hence draw the box-and-whisker plot. 

Number of Patients (Midnight - 6AM)

20           7            11          13            17             20 

16          10           22          16            12             13

20          21           12          10             7

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