Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quartile deviation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: quar-tile de-vi-a-tion
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

one half of the difference obtained by subtracting the first quartile from the third quartile in a frequency distribution.

Example Sentences

"In interpreting the quartile deviation of any distribution of test scores, the size of the value is always the indicator."

Questions

What does quartile deviation mean?: one half of the difference obtained by subtracting the first quartile from the third quartile in a frequency distribution.

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