Statistically, that is called the interquartile range and is a convenient way of summarizing the characteristics or dimensions of average members of a group.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 2] Reference

I'd break down exactly how the reputation algorithm works, but I keep falling asleep everytime Shawn says "interquartile".    From Wordnik.com.  [Woot! - One Day, One Deal] Reference

If the distribution is normal, 1 1/2 times the interquartile range will approximate a 90% confidence interval, though I have no reason to believe that the data would be Gaussian.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Second Look at USHCN Classification #2 « Climate Audit] Reference

The median score was 65 (interquartile range 52 to 78).    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Choose the correct answer (IQR is the interquartile range).    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

Data are presented as mean ± SEM or median and interquartile range.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The median follow-up time was 3.4 (interquartile range, 1. 8-5.2) years.    From Wordnik.com.  [JAMA current issue] Reference

The median length of fasting was 5 hours (interquartile range 4-6 hours).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Numeric value are median and interquartile range (IQR). doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0006621.t001.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

So let me offer up a range for you to consider: the interquartile range of the trimmed-mean estimators.    From Wordnik.com.  [macroblog] Reference

An interquartile range is merely the spread between the 75th and the 25th percentile of the estimators.    From Wordnik.com.  [macroblog] Reference

Median length of stay was 4 days (interquartile range, 2-6) and 21.3% of patients were readmitted within 30 days.    From Wordnik.com.  [JAMA current issue] Reference

The survey was undertaken median (interquartile range (IQR)) 4.6 (4.3) years after the initial medical examination.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

In the cases, there were 215 males (57%) and median age was 2.3 years, interquartile range (IQR) (0.8 to 6.1 years).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

We report frequencies and percentages for discrete data, median (m) and interquartile range (IQR) for continuous data.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

They've got a pretty low median, and tight interquartile ranges (showing that there isn't much variation from that median).    From Wordnik.com.  [Grand Text Auto] Reference

An interquartile increase in exposure to NO, NO2, SO2 and CO increased bronchiolitis risk by 8, 12, 4 and 13 percent respectively.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Figure 3 shows the interquartile range of the various CPI trimmed-mean estimators monthly since 2004 compared to the traditional core CPI.    From Wordnik.com.  [macroblog] Reference

Abbreviations: AZT, zidovudine; 3TC, lamivudine; CBV, combivir; CI, confidence interval; HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; IQR, interquartile range.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

Baseline characteristics were described using medians and interquartile ranges (IQRs) for continuous variables and counts and percentages for categorical data.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The line within the box represents the median (50 th percentile), with the lower and upper borders representing the interquartile range (25 th and 75th percentiles).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Central bars represent the median values, boxes represent the interquartile ranges, and whiskers represent the 90th and 10th percentiles for ten separate experiments.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

A: boxplot shows medians (bold lines), quartiles (boxes), and largest and smallest observed values that are less than the 1.5 times the interquartile range (whiskers).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

At the hospital level, the median percentage of patients who had early follow-up after discharge from the index hospitalization was 38.3% (interquartile range, 32.4%-44.5%).    From Wordnik.com.  [JAMA current issue] Reference

The interquartile range of the October CPI data is from 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent, shown as the last vertical line in figure 3, and 1.5 percentage points above the core measure.    From Wordnik.com.  [macroblog] Reference

(median CD4+ T-lymphocyte count, 242 per cubic millimeter; interquartile range, 82 to 396).    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Or maybe the interquartile range?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mannomatic Smoothing and Pinned End-points « Climate Audit] Reference

The median length of fasting was 6.8 hours, interquartile range 5.6 - 13.5 hours).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

(median nRMSE 0.12, interquartile range 0. 09-0.16.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

IQR, interquartile range; MDR, multidrug-resistant; SD, standard deviation; TB, tuberculosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference