In a frequency distribution, the last cumulative frequency is 500. The third quartile must lie in the
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CUET-PG 2020 Question 70: Descriptive statistics and dispersion
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In a frequency distribution, the last cumulative frequency is 500. The third quartile Q₃ must lie in the (A) 300th item (B) 375th item (C) 325th item (D) 310th item
Also written as: In a frequency distribution, the last cumulative frequency is 500. The third quartile Q_3 must lie in the
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This question is on Median, mode and quantiles, part of Descriptive statistics and dispersion in Statistics.
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