Quantile
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkwɒn.taɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quantile is a noun meaning (statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
Meaning
(statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
Example Sentences
It should be noted that quantile regression controls for the quantiles of the y variable, and not of the original covariate i.e. the x variable.
Word Forms
- quantiles
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include percentilation, frequentile, vigintile, class, expectile, level.
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