Statisticshard · Past Paper
Which partition value divides the distribution into four equal parts?
ADeciles
BPercentiles
CQuartiles
DMedian only
✓ Correct Answer: C — Quartiles
Quartiles (Q1, Q2, Q3) divide a data set into four equal parts, each containing 25% of the data.
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