It can if the middle 50% all have the same score
what is the interquartile range of 16,17,19,22,23,25,27,36,38,40,40,45,46
the interquartile range is not sensitive to outliers.
interquartile range
interquartile range or mean absolute deviation.
The interquartile range of a set of data is the difference between the upper quartile and lower quartile.
If presents you with the upper and lower quartile range, although you have to do calculations in order to find the interquartile range, so no, it does not,
The interquartile range is the upper quartile (75th percentile) minus (-) the lower percentile (75th percentile). The interquartile range uses 50% of the data. It is a measure of the "central tendency" just like the standard deviation. A small interquartile range means that most of the values lie close to each other.
Both are measures of spread or dispersion.
how do you find the interquartile range of this data
On the standard deviation. It has no effect on the IQR.
If you are talking about statisitics, in a box and whisker graph it is the interquartile range.