quantiles
Data division points
Quantiles are values that divide a dataset into equal parts.
The median is a quantile that splits data in half; quartiles divide into fourths, percentiles into hundredths.
If your test score is in the 90th percentile, you scored higher than 90% of test-takers.
Statisticians use quantiles to describe distributions and identify outliers.
Allocation across recipients
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- cumulativeIncreasing by successive additions
- boxplotStatistical distribution chart
histogram · outliers · interquartile · skewness · variance · dispersion · spread · range
Hundredth of a distribution
- sextileSixty-degree planetary angle
- medianCentral sorted value
- breakpointsProgrammed pause locations
- thresholdsEntry boundaries or limits
boundaries · segments · partitions · bins · intervals · categories · groups · ranks
Statistical distribution chart
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- Q1Seventeenth letter
- Q3Year's third segment
- median lineCentral dividing axis
Facts for analysis
- sampleSubset for study
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- segmentationDivision into sections
stratification · binning · bucketing · ranking · sorting · classification · grouping · aggregation
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- cumulativeIncreasing by successive additions
boxplot · histogram · outliers · interquartile · skewness · variance · dispersion · spread · range · fences
centile
Hundredth of a distribution
- sextileSixty-degree planetary angle
- medianCentral sorted value
- breakpointsProgrammed pause locations
thresholds · boundaries · segments · partitions · bins · intervals · categories · groups · ranks · classes
boxplot
Statistical distribution chart
data
Facts for analysis
- sampleSubset for study
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- measurementDetermining size or amount
segmentation · stratification · binning · bucketing · ranking · sorting · classification · grouping · aggregation · thresholding
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