The difference between Octile and Tercile

When used as nouns, octile means any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets, whereas tercile means either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third 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. Tercile as a noun (statistics):

    Either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.

  2. Tercile as a noun (statistics):

    Any one of the three groups so divided.

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