PRC-2 · Chapter 8 · Question 8 of 60
Which of the following values is perfectly equivalent to the Second Quartile (Q2) of a dataset?
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Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C) The Median
Explanation
The second quartile (Q2) splits the data exactly in half (the 50th percentile), making it mathematically and conceptually identical to the median.
More Statistical Measures of Data MCQs
- Q10A dataset contains the values 10, 10, 10, 10, and 10. What is the standard deviation of this set?
- Q11Which of the following statements regarding the statistical measure of 'variance' is universally true?
- Q12If you multiply every observation in a dataset by a constant 'k', what will happen to the new standard deviation?
- Q13Which measure of central tendency is defined as the value that appears most frequently in a given dataset?
- Q14For a symmetrical (normal) distribution curve, which relationship between the mean, median, and mode is correct?