In statistics and probability, quantiles are cut points that divide the range of a probability distribution, or a sample of observations, into continuous intervals with equal probabilities. Common named quantiles include quartiles, which split data into four groups, deciles, which split it into ten, and percentiles, which split it into a hundred. Quantiles are a standard tool for summarizing where a value falls relative to the rest of a distribution.
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In statistics and probability, quantiles are cut points dividing the range of a probability distribution into continuous intervals with equal probabilities or dividing the observations in a sample in the same way.
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In statistics and probability, quantiles are cut points dividing the range of a probability distribution into continuous intervals
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