RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS

MEASURES OF CENTER AND SPREAD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Another name for Quartile 1 is
A
Median of the Lower Half
B
Median of the Upper Half
C
Median
D
Minimum
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -First quartile: Also known as Q1, or the lower quartile. Second quartile: Also known as Q2, or the median.

Detailed explanation-2: -The lower quartile value is the median of the lower half of the data. The upper quartile value is the median of the upper half of the data.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is possible, when the distribution is peculiar. When arranged in increasing order, if N/4 th data ( here N is the total number of data) and N/2 th data have exactly the same value, then median and first quartile will be equal. This means that all the data in between too must have the same value.

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