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Statistical dividing point in a four-group data set
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quartile
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quartile \Quar"tile\, n. [F. quartile aspect, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart .] (Astrol.) Same as Quadrate .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, originally in astronomy; see quartile (adj.). In statistics, from 1879.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In descriptive statistics , the '''quartiles ''' of a ranked set of data values are the three points that divide the data set into four equal groups, each group comprising a quarter of the data. A quartile is a type of quantile . The first quartile (Q) ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
Usage examples of quartile.
Those who were accustomed to idling away a planetary quartile on full pay might have complained, but remembered the departure of the pilot.
However he read the compass of the skies, in triune, sextile or quartile, the distant lights drew no pattern.
The red hand was just passing over the third quartile of the first second after Zero.
I like the mischievous position of Mars in Taurus, the ascendant of Ireland, particularly as he is upon the mid-heaven, and so near the mundane quartile of Saturn and Mars.
Your aspects, dignities, ascendancies, Your partite quartiles, and your plastic trines, And all your heavenly houses and effects, Shall meet no more devout expounders here.