iqr

Last update : 20/12/2004

iqr - interquartile range

### Calling Sequence

  `q=iqr(x)`
  `q=iqr(x,'r') (or, equivalently, q=iqr(x,1))`
  `q=iqr(x,'c') (or, equivalently, q=iqr(x,2))`

### Parameters

- `x` : real or complex vector or matrix

### Description

This function computes the interquartile range IQR= upper quartile - lower quartile of a vector or a matrix `x` .

For a vector or a matrix `x` , `q=iqr(x)` returns in the scalar `q` the interquartile range of all the entries of `x` .

`q=iqr(x,'r')` (or, equivalently, `q=iqr(x,1)` ) is the rowwise interquartile range. It returns in each entry of the row vector `q` the interquartile range of each column of `x` .

`q=iqr(x,'c')` (or, equivalently, `q=iqr(x,2)` ) is the columnwise interquartile range. It returns in each entry of the column vector `q` the interquartile range of each row of `x` .

### Author

Carlos Klimann

### Bibliography

Wonacott, T.H.Wonacott, R.J.; Introductory Statistics, J.Wiley-Sons, 1990.