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interquartile ranges

interquartile ranges is the plural of interquartile range.

Meaning of interquartile range

Noun

interquartile range (plural interquartile ranges, abbreviation IQR)

  1. The difference between the first and third quartiles; a robust measure of sample dispersion.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    midspread

Questions about interquartile ranges

What is interquartile ranges the plural of?
Interquartile ranges is the plural of interquartile range.

Words near interquartile ranges in the dictionary

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

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