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quartile

/kwɔːrˈtaɪl/ noun · British & US
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What does quartile mean?

noun

One of three equal parts into which a set of numbers is divided according to size, especially the middle one when there are an odd number of values. A value that marks the boundary between two of these parts.

Example

"The median is the same as the third quartile in this dataset."

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