a. Compute the median of a data file. The median is the number that
has the same number of data elements greater than the number as
there are less than the number. For purposes of this problem, you
are to assume that the data is sorted (that is, is in increasing order).
The median is the middle element of the file if there are an odd
number of elements, or the average of the two middle elements if
the file has an even number of elements. You will need to open the
file, count the members, close the file and calculate the location of
the middle of the file, open the file again (recall the “start over” discussion
in this chapter), count up to the file entries you need, and
calculate the middle.
If your instructor has assigned this problem, ask for a data file to test
your program with. Otherwise, construct several files on your own,
including one with an even number of data points, increasing, and one
with an odd number, also increasing.
b. For a sorted file, a quartile is one of three numbers: The first has onefourth
the data values less than or equal to it, one-fourth the data values
between the first and second numbers, one-fourth the data points
between the second and the third, and one-fourth above the third
quartile. Find the three quartiles for the data file you used for part (a).
Hint: You should recognize that having done part (a) you have onethird
of your job done. (You have the second quartile already.) You
also should recognize that you have done almost all the work toward
finding the other two quartiles as well.
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