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Summary/Background

cumulative frequency graphYou must be clear about how to find the median, upper quartile (UQ) and lower quartile (LQ) from a cumulative frequency graph. To find the median you should start from the point halfway up to the total frequency on the vertical axis, draw a line across to the curve and then down to the horizontal axis. To find the LQ and UQ you start from a quarter and from three-quarters the way up on the vertical axis.
Remember that the Interquartile range = Upper quartile - Lower quartile. statistical diagrams You should know how to draw a number of other statistical diagrams too, including:

scatter diagrams, pie charts, bar charts, line graphs, stem & leaf diagrams and box & whisker plots

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This question appears in the following syllabi:

SyllabusModuleSectionTopicExam Year
AQA AS Maths 2017StatisticsData Presentation and InterpretationCumulative Frequency-
AQA AS/A2 Maths 2017StatisticsData Presentation and InterpretationCumulative Frequency-
AQA GCSE (9-1) Higher (UK)S: StatisticsS3: Grouped Data, Histograms and Cumulative FrequencyCumulative Frequency-
CBSE X (India)Statistics and ProbabilityStatisticsCumulative frequency graph-
CIE IGCSE (9-1) Maths (0626 UK)9 StatisticsE9.7 Cumulative Frequency and Box-PlotsCumulative Frequency-
Edexcel AS Maths 2017StatisticsData Presentation and InterpretationCumulative Frequency-
Edexcel AS/A2 Maths 2017StatisticsData Presentation and InterpretationCumulative Frequency-
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Higher (UK)S: StatisticsS3: Grouped Data, Histograms and Cumulative FrequencyCumulative Frequency-
GCSE Higher (UK)StatisticsDisplaying dataCumulative frequency-
OCR AS Maths 2017StatisticsWorking with DataCumulative Frequency-
OCR GCSE (9-1) Higher (UK)12: Statistics12.02b: Grouped DataCumulative Frequency-
OCR MEI AS Maths 2017StatisticsWorking with DataCumulative Frequency-
Universal (all site questions)DDisplaying dataCumulative frequency-