interquartile

interquartile

English

Etymology

    From inter- + quartile.

    Adjective

    interquartile (not comparable)

    1. (statistics) Between quartiles.
      1. (statistics) Specifically between the first and third quartiles.
        • 2026 February 1 (last accessed), “Measures of Spread”, in Laerd Statistics[1], archived from the original on 5 February 2024:
          A common way of expressing quartiles is as an interquartile range. The interquartile range describes the difference between the third quartile (Q3) and the first quartile (Q1), telling us about the range of the middle half of the scores in the distribution.

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    Noun

    interquartile (plural interquartiles)

    1. (statistics) The range or content of an interquartile.

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