Question

your salary is the median salary in your department. how could you express your salary as a ranking in your department? my salary is in the second quartile. my salary is in the 40th percentile. my salary is in the first quartile. my salary is the average salary.

Explanation:

• Quartiles: The median divides a data - set into two equal parts. When data is divided into four equal parts (quartiles), the median is the second quartile.
• Percentile: The median represents the 50th percentile, not the 40th.
• First quartile: Represents the lower 25% of the data, not the median.
• Average: The median and the average (mean) are different measures of central tendency. The median is the middle - value when data is ordered, while the average is the sum of all values divided by the number of values.

Answer:

My salary is in the second quartile.