diff --git a/src/qp/metrics/base_metric_classes.py b/src/qp/metrics/base_metric_classes.py
index 5efa360..5278959 100644
--- a/src/qp/metrics/base_metric_classes.py
+++ b/src/qp/metrics/base_metric_classes.py
@@ -155,24 +155,9 @@ class PointToPointMetric(BaseMetric):
 
     metric_input_type = MetricInputType.point_to_point
 
-    def eval_from_iterator(self, estimate, reference):
-        self.initialize()
-        for estimate, reference in zip(estimate, reference):
-            centroids = self.accumulate(estimate, reference)
-        return self.finalize([centroids])
-
     def evaluate(self, estimate, reference):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def initialize(self):  #pragma: no cover
-        pass
-
-    def accumulate(self, estimate, reference):  #pragma: no cover
-        raise NotImplementedError()
-
-    def finalize(self):  #pragma: no cover
-        raise NotImplementedError()
-
 
 class PointToDistMetric(BaseMetric):
     """A base class for metrics that require a point estimate as the estimated
diff --git a/src/qp/metrics/point_estimate_metric_classes.py b/src/qp/metrics/point_estimate_metric_classes.py
index 7856813..e59986f 100644
--- a/src/qp/metrics/point_estimate_metric_classes.py
+++ b/src/qp/metrics/point_estimate_metric_classes.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def evaluate(self, estimate, reference):
         return (estimate - reference) / (1.0 + reference)
 
 
-class PointSigmaIQR(PointToPointMetricDigester):
+class PointSigmaIQR(PointToPointMetric):
     """Calculate sigmaIQR"""
 
     metric_name = "point_stats_iqr"
@@ -130,12 +130,6 @@ def evaluate(self, estimate, reference):
         sigma_iqr = iqr / 1.349
         return sigma_iqr
 
-    def compute_from_digest(self, digest):
-        x75, x25 = digest.inverse_cdf([0.75,0.25])
-        iqr = x75 - x25
-        sigma_iqr = iqr / 1.349
-        return sigma_iqr
-
 
 class PointBias(PointToPointMetricDigester):
     """calculates the bias of the point stats ez samples.
diff --git a/src/qp/metrics/point_to_point_digest_metrics.py b/src/qp/metrics/point_to_point_digest_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c030b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/qp/metrics/point_to_point_digest_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import numpy as np
+from qp.metrics.base_metric_classes import (
+    MetricOutputType,
+    PointToPointMetric,
+)
+from pytdigest import TDigest
+from functools import reduce
+from operator import add
+
+class PointToPointMetricTDigester(PointToPointMetric):
+
+    def __init__(self, tdigest_compression: int = 1000, **kwargs) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self._tdigest_compression = tdigest_compression
+
+    def eval_from_iterator(self, estimate, reference):
+        self.initialize()
+        for estimate, reference in zip(estimate, reference):
+            centroids = self.accumulate(estimate, reference)
+        return self.finalize([centroids])
+
+    def initialize(self):
+        pass
+
+    def evaluate(self, estimate, reference, tdigest_compression=1000):
+        # we do the check, just once for all child classes
+        self._do_type_check(estimate, reference)
+        self._evaluate(estimate, reference, tdigest_compression)
+
+    def _do_type_check(self, estimate, reference):
+        # type check here
+        pass
+
+    def _evaluate(estimate, reference, tdigest_compression):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def accumulate(self, estimate, reference):
+        """This function compresses the input into a TDigest and returns the
+        centroids.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        estimate : Numpy 1d array
+            Point estimate values
+        reference : Numpy 1d array
+            True values
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        Numpy 2d array
+            The centroids of the TDigest. Roughly approximates a histogram with
+            centroid locations and weights.
+        """
+        ez = (estimate - reference) / (1.0 + reference)
+        digest = TDigest.compute(ez, compression=self._tdigest_compression)
+        centroids = digest.get_centroids()
+        return centroids
+
+    def finalize(self, centroids: np.ndarray = []):
+        """This function combines all the centroids that were calculated for the
+        input estimate and reference subsets and returns the resulting TDigest
+        object.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        centroids : Numpy 2d array, optional
+            The output collected from prior calls to `accumulate`, by default []
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+            The result of the specific metric calculation defined in the subclasses
+            `compute_from_digest` method.
+        """
+        digests = (
+            TDigest.of_centroids(np.array(centroid), compression=self._tdigest_compression)
+            for centroid in centroids
+        )
+        digest = reduce(add, digests)
+
+        return self._compute_from_digest(digest)
+
+    def _compute_from_digest(self, digest):  #pragma: no cover
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+class PointSigmaIQR_digest(PointToPointMetricTDigester):
+    """Calculate sigmaIQR with t-digest approximation"""
+
+    metric_name = "point_stats_iqr_tdigest"
+    metric_output_type = MetricOutputType.single_value
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    def _evaluate(self, estimate, reference, tdigest_compression=1000):
+        """Calculate the width of the e_z distribution
+        using the Interquartile range 
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        estimate : Iterators over numpy 1d array
+            Point estimate values
+        reference : Iterators over numpy 1d array
+            True values
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        float
+            The interquartile range.
+        """
+
+        return self.eval_from_iterator(estimate, reference, tdigest_compression)
+
+    def _compute_from_digest(self, digest):
+        x75, x25 = digest.inverse_cdf([0.75,0.25])
+        iqr = x75 - x25
+        sigma_iqr = iqr / 1.349
+        return sigma_iqr
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