quantile
noun/ˈkwɒn.taɪl/
Etymology Back-formation from quantity, modeled on percentile. By surface analysis, quant(ity) + -ile.
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Mathematics, Sciences, 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.
- 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.2011 January 31, Anil K. Bera, Aurobindo Ghosh, Zhijie Xiao, “FRACTILES ON QUANTILE REGRESSION WITH APPLICATIONS”, in Mathematics Subject Classification, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025, page 18:
- Derived terms
- interquantile
- Related terms
- fractile