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scale parameter: estimation.

For example, dividing the IQR by (using the error function) makes it an unbiased, consistent estimator for the population standard deviation if the data follow a normal distribution.

Other uses

Trimmed estimators can also be used as statistics in their own right - for example, the median is a measure of location, and the IQR is a measure of dispersion. In these cases,

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