Quantile

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkwÉ’n.taɪl/

Origin

Back-formation from {{3}}, modeled on percentile

Full definition of quantile

Noun

1. (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

• (statistics) median (2-quantile), tercile/tertile (3), quartile (4), quintile (5), sextile (6), decile (10), vigintiles (20), percentile (100), permilles (1000)