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Built-in Mathematica Symbol

InterquartileRange

InterquartileRange[list]
gives the difference between the upper and lower quartiles for the elements in list.

InterquartileRange[dist]
gives the difference between the upper and lower quartiles for the symbolic distribution dist.

InterquartileRange[list] is equivalent to Quartiles[list][[3]]-Quartiles[list][[1]].

Interquartile range for a list of exact numbers:

Interquartile range of a symbolic distribution:

Interquartile range for a list of exact numbers:

Interquartile range of a symbolic distribution:

InterquartileRange works with any real numeric quantities:

Interquartile ranges for columns of a matrix:

Obtain results at any precision:

Compute results for a large vector or matrix:

Compute results for a SparseArray:

InterquartileRange is the difference of linearly interpolated Quantile values:

QuartileDeviation is half the interquartile range:

InterquartileRange is the difference between the first and third quartiles:

InterquartileRange requires numeric values: