The difference between Octile and Quartile

When used as nouns, octile means any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets, 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. 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.

  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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