Question

What percent of students in a distribution falls between the first and third quartiles?A) Approximately 25% B) Approximately 50%.C) Approximately 75%.D) Approximately 100%.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Approximately 50%

Step-by-step explanation:

In any distribution of data, the data can be divided into 4 main quarters that are approximately equal in percentage.

Thus, the first quartile consists of approximately 25%, the second is 25%, third quartile about 25%, while the fourth is 25% also.

Therefore, in a data set distribution of students, approximately 50% of the distribution of students will fall within the first and third quartiles.

Answer 2

Answer:

(B) Approximately 50%

Step-by-step explanation:

First quartile is 1/4 and that is 25% of students in the distribution.

Third quartile is 3/4 and that is 75% of students in the distribution.

Between the first quartile and third quartile is automatically, 50% of the students in the distribution. The answer is (B) Approximately 50%.