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interquartile

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[in-ter-kwawr-tahyl, -til] / ˈɪn tərˈkwɔr taɪl, -tɪl /

adjective

  1. Statistics. occurring between the first and third quartiles.

noun

plural

interquartiles

  1. Statistics. the range or difference between the first and third quartiles of a set of data.

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The interquartile range is a number that indicates the spread of the middle half, or the middle 50 percent of the data.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

The interquartile range, or IQR, is the range of the middle 50 percent of the data values.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

What is the interquartile range for this data?

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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