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In [[descriptive statistics]], '''quintile''' is the value that divide a frequency distribution into five equal parts, each containing approximately a fifth of the sample distribution.
In [[descriptive statistics]], '''quintile''' is the value that divide a frequency distribution into five equal parts, each containing approximately a fifth of the sample distribution.


People also use quintile as a division in a sample. For example, the '''first quintile''' is the point with one fifth of the data below it after ranking all the datas. As one can see here, a quintile will contains approximately 1/5 of the datas as the total number of observations is not necessarily [[divisible]] by 5.
People also use quintile as a division in a sample. For example, the '''first quintile''' is the point with one fifth of the data below it after ranking all the datas. As one can see here, a quintile will contains approximately 1/5 of the datas as the total number of observations is not necessarily [[divisible by]] 5.


Quintile may refer to the following articles:
Quintile may refer to the following articles:

Revision as of 11:10, 8 November 2006

In descriptive statistics, quintile is the value that divide a frequency distribution into five equal parts, each containing approximately a fifth of the sample distribution.

People also use quintile as a division in a sample. For example, the first quintile is the point with one fifth of the data below it after ranking all the datas. As one can see here, a quintile will contains approximately 1/5 of the datas as the total number of observations is not necessarily divisible by 5.

Quintile may refer to the following articles:

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