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The answer depends on the purpose. The interquartile range and the median absolute deviation are both measures of spread. The IQR is quick and easy to find whereas the MAD is not.

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What is considered measures of variabilty is it mean interquartile range or mean absolute deviation?

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In which area of calculation quartile deviation is used?

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What does interquartile range mean?

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Is the range used to compute the median or standard deviation?

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