interquartile range
[ in-ter-kwawr-tahyl, -til ]
nounStatistics.
the range of values of a frequency distribution between the first and third quartiles.
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interquartile range
/ (ˌɪntəˈkwɔːtaɪl) /
noun
statistics the difference between the value of a variable below which lie 25 per cent of the population, and that below which lie 75 per cent: a measure of the spread of the distribution
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