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iqr

PURPOSE

IQR calculates the interquartile range

SYNOPSIS

function Q=iqr(Y,DIM)

DESCRIPTION

 IQR calculates the interquartile range  
  Missing values (encoded as NaN) are ignored. 

  Q = iqr(Y)
  Q = iqr(Y,DIM)
     returns the IQR along dimension DIM of sample array Y.

  Q = iqr(HIS)
     returns the IQR from the histogram HIS. 
     HIS must be a HISTOGRAM struct as defined in HISTO2 or HISTO3.

 see also: MAD, RANGE, HISTO2, HISTO3, PERCENTILE, QUANTILE

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION

This function calls:

iqr IQR calculates the interquartile range
quantile QUANTILE calculates the quantiles of histograms and sample arrays.

This function is called by:

iqr IQR calculates the interquartile range
range IQR calculates the range of Y
trimmean TRIMMEAN calculates the trimmed mean by removing the upper and lower