interquartile range

American

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

noun

Statistics.

the range of values of a frequency distribution between the first and third quartiles.

interquartile range British

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of interquartile range

First recorded in 1880–85; inter- + quartile

Example Sentences

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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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