quartile
Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies.: Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
Astrology. a quartile aspect.
Astrology. of or relating to the aspect of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes differ by 90°.
Origin of quartile
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How to use quartile in a sentence
If the average salaries are the same for all quartiles, this will mean that there is no relation between salary and school grades.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods | Harry L. HollingworthThe second, third and fourth quartiles will in turn represent decreasing degrees of academic proficiency.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods | Harry L. HollingworthIn most cases the median and quartiles and sometimes the dispersions have been calculated.
Women in the Printing Trades. | VariousThus, if the median and quartiles in the above list were 7s.
Women in the Printing Trades. | VariousThe lowest of the curve is about 1890, in the Median, the average and in each of the quartiles.
Quaker Hill | Warren H. Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for quartile
/ (ˈkwɔːtaɪl) /
statistics one of three actual or notional values of a variable dividing its distribution into four groups with equal frequencies
statistics denoting or relating to a quartile
astrology denoting an aspect of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes differ by 90°
a quarter part of a distribution
Origin of quartile
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