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Data Distributions and Analysis — Test

Question 13 • Foundations of Math 1

Swati recorded this data set, which contains an outlier. 163, 97, 184, 199, 169, 175 What numbers represent the lower and upper quartiles?

Answer
A
lower quartile: 172 upper quartile: 184
B
lower quartile: 163 upper quartile: 172
C
lower quartile: 184 upper quartile: 163
D
lower quartile: 163 upper quartile: 184

Explanation

First arrange the values from least to greatest: 97, 163, 169, 175, 184, 199. The lower half is 97, 163, 169, whose middle value is 163; the upper half is 175, 184, 199, whose middle value is 184. Therefore, the lower quartile is 163 and the upper quartile is 184, which is choice D.

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