InterQuartile Range( IQR)
A way to describe data is through quartiles and the interquartile range(IQR)
Above we have some values that are divided into 3 quartiles ranges
Lower Quartile(Q1) = 14
Median Quartile(Q2) = 22
Upper Quartile(Q3) = 35
A boxplot is used for easy understanding of quartiles and outliers in the data
In the above boxplot, we can see the minimum value and three quartile ranges and the max value here
60 may be an outlier for finding a perfect outlier we set a fence that indicates the outlier in the data
for finding IQR we have a formula for finding it
IQR = Q3 - Q1 =35-14
Interquartile range = 21
Outliers here are defined as observations that fall below Q1 - 1.5 IQR or above Q3 + 1.5 IQR
Lower Q1 - 1.5(IQR) =14 - 1.5(21) = -17.5
Upper Q3 + 1.5(IQR) = 35 + 1.5(21) = 66.5 -
Here in this data, the perfect outliers are -17.5, 66.5
The main use of IQR is to find "outliers" in the data
Note: Values should be arranged in ascending order for finding IQR
Hope you understood well, thank you
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