The difference between Quintile and Tercile
When used as nouns, quintile means any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five 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.
check bellow for the other definitions of Quintile and Tercile
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Quintile as a noun (statistics):
Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
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Quintile as a noun (by extension):
A subset thus obtained.
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Quintile as a noun (astrology):
An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72)
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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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