The average ambient temperatures (in degree Celsius) for a region for 15 years from 2001-2015 is given below.
26.3, 29.7, 31, 29.8, 26.8, 27.6, 27.4, 27.0, 27.6, 27.8, 30.0, 32.0, 28.9, 30.5, 29.5
Find the temperature corresponding to the 1st quartile.
27.4
Arrange the observations in ascending
order.
26.3, 26.8, 27.0, 27.4, 27.6, 27.6, 27.8,
28.9, 29.5, 29.7, 29.8, 30, 30.5, 31, 32
Here, N=15
1st quartile, Q1=size of (N+14)thobservation=size of 4th observation
The fourth observation is 27.4 which
corresponds to the first quartile