The accompanying data represent the monthly rate of return of a certain company's common stock for the past few years.

Table

0.26, 0.26, 0.03, 0.06, 0.06, 0.04, 0.04, 0.22

0.47, 0.06, 0.15, 0.19, 0.05, 0.18, 0.09, 0.02

0.05, 0.02, 0.08, 0.02, 0.02, 0.13, 0.08, 0.02

0.06, 0.01, 0.07, 0.05, 0.01, 0.10, 0.02, 0.03

0.01, 0.11, 0.11, 0.09, 0.10, 0.25, 0.02, 0.03

(a) Determine and interpret the quartiles.

The first quartile isQ1=

The second quartile is Q2=

The third quartile is Q3=

Interpret the quartiles.

Check the data set for outliers