8.2.3 Interquartile Range

(A) Interquartile Range of Ungrouped Data



Example 1: 
Find the interquartile range of the following data.
(a) 7, 5, 1, 3, 6, 11, 8
(b) 12, 4, 6, 18, 9, 16, 2, 14

Solution:
(a) Rearrange the data according to ascending order.

Interquartile Range
= upper quartile – lower quartile
= 8 – 3
= 5 

(b) Rearrange the data according to ascending order.


Interquartile Range
= upper quartile – lower quartile
14 + 16 2 4 + 6 2
= 15 – 5
= 10

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