Quartile vs. Tertile

Quartile vs. Tertile — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Quartile and Tertile

Quartilenoun

(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

Tertilenoun

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

Quartilenoun

(statistics) Any one of the four groups so divided.

This school is ranked in the first quartile.

Tertilenoun

(statistics) Any one of the three groups so divided.

The first tertile results include January through April's revenues.

Quartilenoun

(statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores

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