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Vocabulary Entry
quartile
|noun
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noun
In statistics, a quartile is one of the three points that divide a data set into four equal parts, with each part containing a quarter of the data points.
Example Sentences
"The first quartile of the data set is calculated to find the lower 25% of values."
"In the exam results, the students who scored in the top quartile received special recognition."
"Quartiles are useful for understanding the distribution of data in a box plot."