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Sectile vs Quartile - What's the difference?

sectile | quartile |

As an adjective sectile

is capable of being cut.

As a noun quartile is

(statistics) any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

sectile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being cut.
  • # (mineralogy) Capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    quartile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.
  • (statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.
  • :This school is ranked in the first quartile .

    • Derived terms

    * interquartile range

    Coordinate terms

    * quantile ** centile/percentile ** vigintile ** ventile ** duodecile ** decile ** nonile ** octile ** septile ** sextile ** quintile ** quartile ** tercile/tertile

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