noun
- a value that divides a dataset into equal parts, with a specified proportion of data points falling below it
Usage: statistics; mathematics
Examples
- The median is the 50th quantile, dividing the data in half.
- Students scoring in the 90th quantile performed better than 90% of test-takers.
- Quartiles are quantiles that divide data into four equal parts.
- The researcher calculated the 25th and 75th quantiles to identify outliers.
- Income quantiles help economists analyze wealth distribution.
- The first quantile represents the bottom 25% of the dataset.