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Glossary: Data Visualization

Interquartile range (IQR)

Also written: IQR

The height of a box plot's box, covering the middle half of the values from the first to the third quartile. Whiskers reach out to the furthest values within 1.5 IQRs of the box.

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Related terms

First quartile, third quartileBox plot