FiveNum

FiveNum({dataset})

the Tuckey five-number summary is a set of descriptive statistics that provide information about a dataset. It consists of the five most important sample percentiles:

1. the sample minimum (smallest observation)
2. the lower quartile or first quartile
3. the median (the middle value)
4. the upper quartile or third quartile
5. the sample maximum (largest observation)

See:

• Wikipedia - Five-number summary

Examples

>> FiveNum({0, 0, 1, 2, 63, 61, 27, 13})
{0,1/2,15/2,44,63}

Related terms

Median, Quantile, Quartiles

Implementation status

• ✅ - full supported

Github

• Implementation of FiveNum