TY  - JOUR
AU  - Carifio, James 
PY  - 2006
TI  - Research Note: Standard Scores Based on the Median and Inter-quartile Range
JF  - Journal of Mathematics and Statistics
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/jmssp.2006.367.367
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jmssp.2006.367.367
AB  - Recently when asked to help with statistical analyses of the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPar) Data, I encountered a common statistical and analytical problem with this national database, which is also common to many national and health databases. This problem was the problem of extremely skewed distributions (g1 and/or g2 typically exceeding 20), which creates numerous difficulties in comparing and interpreting values and results both between and within variables, never mind statistically testing them.