The difference between Decile and Octile

When used as nouns, decile means any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency, whereas octile means any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets.

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  1. Decile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.

    Examples:

    "Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%."

  2. Decile as a noun:

    Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.

    Examples:

    "Our school is in the top decile for exam results."

  3. Decile as a noun (astrology):

    An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.

  1. Octile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets.

  2. Octile as a noun (statistics, by extension):

    A subset thus obtained.

  3. Octile as a noun (astronomy):

    An octant.

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