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What does cumulative frequency represent?

A running total of frequencies

How do you calculate each cumulative frequency value?

Add current frequency to all above it

What must be true about cumulative frequency values in a table?

Each must be larger than previous one

Which part of each class interval do you plot on the horizontal axis?

The upper boundary

How should you connect points on a cumulative frequency graph?

With a smooth curve

What is the formula for finding the median position?

12×total frequency\frac{1}{2} \times \text{total frequency}

What is the formula for the lower quartile position?

14×total frequency\frac{1}{4} \times \text{total frequency}

What is the formula for the upper quartile position?

34×total frequency\frac{3}{4} \times \text{total frequency}

How do you calculate the interquartile range?

Upper quartile - Lower quartile

What does the interquartile range show?

Spread of middle 50% of data

Why is the interquartile range particularly useful?

Not affected by outliers

To find a value from a given cumulative frequency, which direction do you read first?

Horizontally to the curve

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