the.com/quartile
The scoreboard that splits you into four crowds and quietly tells you which one you're in.
means One of the three values (or the groups they create) that divide a set of ranked data into four equal-sized chunks of 25% each.
from Built straight from Latin 'quartus,' meaning 'fourth' — the same root behind 'quarter' and 'quart.' It's a 20th-century statistical coinage, formed on the model of 'median,' to name the cut points that slice ranked data into four equal portions instead of two.
- the split
- divides any ranked data into four equal chunks
- top dog
- fourth quartile just means top 25 percent
- middle marker
- the second quartile is secretly just the median
- real use
- finance and test scores love ranking you by it