quantile
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Back-formation from quantity., modeled on percentile
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkwɒn.taɪl/
Noun [edit]
quantile (plural quantiles)
- (statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
Hyponyms [edit]
- (statistics): median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), decile (10), vigintiles (20), percentile (100), permilles (1000)
