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Record 1 1979-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
DEF

(...) the value at or below which one-fourth of all the items in the series [of observations] fall; (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
DEF

[La première] des trois valeurs de la variable qui partagent une distribution en quatre parties comprenant le même nombre d'observations.

OBS

On [donne aux trois valeurs respectivement] le nom de premier quartile ou quartile inférieur, deuxième quartile qui se confond avec la médiane, et troisième quartile ou quartile supérieur; la distance entre le premier et le troisième quartile porte le nom d'"écart interquartile" (...)

Spanish

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