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IQR Method

In this method we will use the Inter Quartile Range(IQR) to detect outliers. IQR tells us the variation in the data set. Any value, which is beyond the range of -1.5 x IQR to 1.5 x IQR are treated as outliers

Q1 represents the 1st quartile/25th percentile of the data.
Q2 represents the 2nd quartile/median/50th percentile of the data.
Q3 represents the 3rd quartile/75th percentile of the data.
(Q1–1.5IQR) represent the smallest value in the data set and (Q3+1.5IQR) represent the largest value in the data set.

INSTRUCTIONS

First, we will import Numpy as np

import numpy as <<your code goes here>>

Next, we will define the datapoints we had used previously
```
x = [5, 5, 5, -99, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 88, 5, 5, 5]
```

Now, we will define a function calculate_iqr to detect the outliers using the IQR method

def <<your code goes here>>(data):
    Q1 = np.percentile(data, 25, interpolation = 'midpoint')  
    Q2 = np.percentile(data, 50, interpolation = 'midpoint')  
    Q3 = np.percentile(data, 75, interpolation = 'midpoint')
    IQR = Q3 - Q1
    low_lim = Q1 - 1.5 * IQR
    up_lim = Q3 + 1.5 * IQR
    outlier =[]
    for num in x:
        if ((num> up_lim) or (num<low_lim)):
            outlier.append(num)
    print("Outliers:",outlier)

Finally, we will call the function using our datapoints
```
<<your code goes here>>(x)
```

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Treating Outliers in Python

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