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interquartile

interquartile adjective: between quartiles.

Adjective

interquartile (not comparable)

  1. Between quartiles.
    1. Specifically between the first and third quartiles.
      • 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.2026 February 1 (last accessed), “Measures of Spread”, in Laerd Statistics, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2024

Noun

interquartile (plural interquartiles)

  1. The range or content of an interquartile.

Forms of interquartile

pluralinterquartiles

Origin of interquartile

From inter- + quartile.

Words formed from interquartile

Phrases with interquartile

Questions about interquartile

What does interquartile mean?
Interquartile means between quartiles.
What part of speech is interquartile?
Interquartile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near interquartile in the dictionary

  1. interpyramidal
  2. interquadrant
  3. interquantile
  4. interquark
  5. interquarter
  6. interquartile
  7. interquartile range
  8. interquartile ranges
  9. interquartiles
  10. interquartilic
  11. interqubit

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