Quartile Definition

kwôrtīl, -tĭl
quartiles
noun
Any of the values in a series dividing the distribution of the individuals in the series into four groups of equal frequency.
Webster's New World
Any of these groups.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Quartile

Noun

Singular:
quartile
Plural:
quartiles

Origin of Quartile

  • Middle English 90 degrees apart (of the relative position of two celestial bodies) from Old French quartil from Medieval Latin quārtīlis of a quartile from Latin quārtus fourth quart

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Quartile Sentence Examples

  • This also puts it in the top quartile of all local authorities.

  • I 'm also afraid that under John Major, the bottom quartile did not become worse off.

  • Therefore the bottom quartile breakpoint is 2. Example 2 The following result set has 10 values (therefore N = 10).

  • We aim to perform at, or in excess of, the upper quartile performance levels in all service delivery areas.

  • However, it uses lower quartile house price figures rather than the mean prices used in the ratios analysis.

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Words Starting With

QQUQUA

Words Ending With

ELEILE

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quartile

Words Starting With Q and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With Q8 Letter Words Ending With E