The difference between Quartile and Tercile
When used as nouns, quartile means any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population, whereas tercile means either of the two points that divide an ordered distribution into three parts, each containing a third of the population.
check bellow for the other definitions of Quartile and Tercile
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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.
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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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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.
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Tercile as a noun (statistics):
Any one of the three groups so divided.
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