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Applied Mathematics · Ch 10 — Descriptive Statistics

Quartile Deviation

10.6.2

Quartile Deviation

Quartile deviation measures the spread of the middle half of your data, ignoring extreme values. It is half the difference between the third quartile (Q3Q_3) and the first quartile (Q1Q_1), giving you a robust sense of dispersion that is not pulled by outliers. This makes it especially us …