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Dot Plots: Quartiles and Interquartile Range · Easy Worksheet 2

Dot Plots: Quartiles and Interquartile Range — Easy Worksheet 2

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Q1 is the median of the lower half of the data and Q3 is the median of the upper half. When there is an odd number of values, leave the median out of both halves. IQR = Q3 − Q1.

How to solve

Count the dots from the left to split the data into a lower half and an upper half (with an odd number of values, the middle one belongs to neither half). Q1 is the median of the lower half, Q3 is the median of the upper half, and the interquartile range is IQR = Q3 − Q1, the spread of the middle half of the data. Example: S = [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12]. Lower half 1, 2, 4, 5 gives Q1 = 3; upper half 7, 8, 9, 12 gives Q3 = 8.5; IQR = 8.5 − 3 = 5.5.

Example

The dot plot shows the number of goals scored for 9 matches. Each dot stands for one match. The same data as a list: S = [6, 6, 5, 4, 5, 0, 2, 9, 8]. What is the first quartile (Q1) of the data?

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Answer: 3

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