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Quartiles

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Quartiles[list]
gives a list of the 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 quantiles of the elements in list.
Quartiles[dist]
gives a list of the 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 quantiles of the symbolic distribution dist.
  • The second quartile is equivalent to Median[list].  »
  • For even Length[list], the first quartile is equivalent to the median of the smallest elements in list.
  • For odd Length[list], the first quartile is equivalent to the average of the median of the smallest elements and the median of the smallest elements in list.
  • The third quartile is defined like the first, but with the largest rather than smallest elements.
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