Suppose That an Analysis of a Set of Data Reveals $Q _ { 1 } = 45,$

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Essay

Suppose that an analysis of a set of data reveals that $Q _ { 1 } = 45,$ $Q _ { 2 } = 85$ and $Q _ { 3 } = 105$
a. What do these statistics tell you about the shape of the distribution?
b. What can you say about the relative position of each of the observations 34, 84 and 104?
c. Calculate the interquartile range.
d. What does the interquartile range tell you about the data?

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