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Five number summary
In descriptive statistics, the five number summary of a data set consists of:
- the minimum (smallest observation)
- the lower quartile or first quartile (which cuts off the lowest 25% of the data)
- the median (middle value)
- the upper quartile or third quartile (which cuts off the highest 25% of the data)
- the maximum (largest observation)
See also: Quartile, Median, Order statistic, Box plot
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