quartile

IPA: kwˈɔrtɪɫ

(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
(statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.

Examples of "quartile" in Sentences

Quartile coefficient of dispersion.
The square is also sometimes known as the quartile.
Only one of the quartile methods yields an outlier.
The square is also sometimes known as the 'quartile'.
The rest of the funds dropped to the third or fourth quartile.
There is no universal agreement on choosing the quartile values.
The upper quartile value is the median of the upper half of the data.
Birinyi called that the first phase, or "quartile," of the bull market.
He had found, predictably, that kids from the top economic quartile were most likely to go to college.
But he also found a lot of kids in the lowest economic quartile who had strong test scores, yet never went on to college.
We are not top of the heap by any stretch of the imagination but we are aggressive, we are top quartile, which is where we are in funding.
This estimate makes use of the fact that the genes whose test statistics fall in the quartile range will be predominantly the unchanged ones.
The elevated OR observed in this study for the highest quartile of pack years smoked might be due to differential participation by controls with a lower pack year history or differential reporting of smoking history by cases and controls.
It was a bet on the bottom 3/4th or so of American society, in particular on the second quartile from the bottom, because that’s where the incremental homeowners needed to push the home ownership from 64% to 69% would primarily come from.