Statistical Sciences 2141A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Quartile

• School: Western University
• Department: Statistical Sciences
• Course: Statistical Sciences 2141A/B
• Professor: Joe Raaymakers

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The 100pth percentile of a continuous rv x with cdf f(x) is the value of x for which. Bascially, the 100pth percentile is the value x such that (100*p)% of the area under the graph of f(x) lies to the left of x and 100(1 -p)% lies to the right. Note: there are no percentiles for discrete rv"s because their cdf is blockyyy. The upper quartile is the 75th percentile and the lower quartile is the 25th percentile. A company manufactures metal cylinders for an engine that are designed to have a diameter of.