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Quartile Deviation


\begin{displaymath}
\mathop{\rm QD}={\textstyle{1\over 2}}(Q_3-Q_1),
\end{displaymath}

where $Q_1$ and $Q_3$ are the first and third Quartiles and $Q_3-Q_1$ is the Interquartile Range.

See also Quartile Variation Coefficient




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25