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scientificComputing/statistics/code/quartiles.m

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function q = quartiles(x)
% returns a vector with the first, second, and third quartile
% of the vector x
xs = sort(x);
if (length(xs) == 0) % no data
q = [];
elseif (rem(length(xs), 2) == 0) % even number of data
index = length(xs)/2;
m = (xs(index) + xs(index+1))/2;
q = [round(xs(length(xs)/4)), m, xs(round(3*length(xs)/4))];
else % odd number of data
index = (length(xs) + 1)/2;
m = xs(index);
q = [round(xs(length(xs)/4)), m, xs(round(3*length(xs)/4))];
end
end