Question
Calculate the upper and lower quartiles for the following frequency distribution.
Class IntervalFrequency (f)
13-256
25-3711
37-4923
49-617
61-733
Total50

Answer

Class IntervalFrequency (f)Cumulative Frequency (cf)
13-2566
25-371117
37-492340
49-61747
61-73350
$n=\Sigma f=50$
Calculation of Upper and Lower Quartiles
Lower QuartileUpper Quartile
$\begin{array}{l}\text { Lower Quartile number }\left(q_1\right) \\ =\text { Size of }\left(\frac{n}{4}\right) \text { th item }\end{array}$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Upper Quartile number }\left(q_3\right) \\ =\text { Size of } 3\left(\frac{n}{4}\right) \text { th item }\end{array}$
$=\left(\frac{50}{4}\right)$ th item $=12.5$ th item cf just greater than 12.5 is 17 and the corresponding class is 25-37.So, $1_1=25$$cf =6, f =11$ and $c =12$
$\begin{array}{l}\therefore Q_1=l_1+\frac{\frac{n}{4}-c f}{f} \times c \\=25+\frac{12.5-6}{11} \times 12=25+\frac{6.5}{11} \\\times 12=25+7.09 \\\Rightarrow Q_1=32.09\end{array}$
$=$ Size of $3\left(\frac{50}{4}\right)$ th item
$=37.5$ th item
cf just greater than 37.5 is 40
and corresponding class is $37-$
49.
So, $1_1=37$, cf=17
$\begin{array}{l}
f=23 \\
c=12 \\
\therefore Q_3=l_1+\frac{\frac{3 m}{4}-c f}{f} \times c \\=37+\frac{37.5-17}{23} \times 12=37 \\+\frac{20.5}{23} \times 12 \\=37+10.70 \Rightarrow Q_3=47.70\end{array}$

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