The difference between Decile and Quartile

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

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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. Quartile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

  2. Quartile as a noun (statistics):

    Any one of the four groups so divided.

    Examples:

    "This school is ranked in the first quartile."

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