Manuals/calci/QUARTILE

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QUARTILE(ar,qu)


  • is the array of numeric values
  • indicates the position of the quartile

Description

  • This function gives the value of quartile for a given set.
  • Quartiles are the values that divide a list of numbers into quarters.
  • A quartile is a type of quantile.
  • In  ,   is the array of numeric values to find the Quartile and   is the position of the quartile.
  • qu value QUARTILE(result)
0   -           Minimum value
1   -           First quartile(25th Percentile)
2    -          Median value(50th Percentile)
3    -          Third quartile(75th Percentile)
4    -          Maximum value  
  • The difference between the upper and lower quartiles is called the interquartile range.
  • When we are giving qu in a decimal value ,then it will change in to integer.
  • This function will give the result as error when
 1.The array is empty
 2. qu<0 or qu>4
 3. MIN,MEDIAN and MAX will give the same value as QUARTILE when qu is 0,2,and 4 respectively.


Examples

  1. ar={2,3,7,9,15}
  • QUARTILE(A1:A5,0)=2
  • QUARTILE(A1:A5,1)=3
  1. ar={8,12,13,20,25,28,42}
  • QUARTILE(B2:B8,3)=26.5
  • QUARTILE(B2:B8,4)=42
  • QUARTILE(B2:B8,5)=NAN

See Also

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