Tukey fence
Q1 − 1.5 IQR and Q3 + 1.5 IQR. The convention for defining box-plot whiskers and outliers.
Related terms
- Outlier
- An observation beyond the Tukey fences at 1.5 IQR from the quartiles. Plotted individually on every box plot here rather than discarded.
see also Tukey fence
Where this term appears
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- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
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