The difference between Quantile and Septile

When used as nouns, quantile means one of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability, whereas septile means any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into seven equally numerous subsets.


Septile is also adjective with the meaning: relating to a septum.

check bellow for the other definitions of Quantile and Septile

  1. Quantile as a noun (statistics):

    One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.

  1. Septile as a noun (statistics):

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

  1. Septile as an adjective (anatomy):

    Relating to a septum; septal.