interquartile range

[ 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.

Origin of interquartile range

First recorded in 1880–85; inter- + quartile

Words nearby interquartile range

interpretive semantics, interprovincial, interproximal, interproximal space, interpupillary, interquartile range, interracial, interracialism, interradial, interradicular alveoloplasty, interradicular space

British Dictionary definitions for interquartile range

interquartile range
/ (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