quartile
/ˈkwɔrtaɪl/
noun
- One of four equal groups that a set of data can be divided into, based on ranking values.
- The teacher divided the test scores into quartiles to see how students performed.
- Students in the top quartile received honors recognition.
- The median is the value that separates the second quartile from the third.
- Any of the three values that divide a data set into four equal parts (first quartile, second quartile, third quartile).
- The third quartile shows that 75% of the values are below that number.
- We calculated the interquartile range by subtracting the first quartile from the third.
- The first quartile marks the point below which 25% of the data falls.