The upper quartile, for a set of ordinal observations, is a value such that a quarter of the observations have a greater value. Similarly, the lower quartile is a value such that a quarter of the observations have a smaller value.
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The lower quartile is the second smallest and the upper quartile is the fourth smallest (second largest).
Interquartile Range, or IQR
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Because the IQR excludes values which are lower than the lower quartile as well as the values in the upper quartile.
The upper quartile of a set of data is a value such that a quarter of the observations are greater than that value. The lower quartile is similarly defined as the value such that a quarter of the observations are less than that value.