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Definition of 'Quartile'

A statistical term describing a division of observations into four defined intervals based upon the values of the data and how they compare to the entire set of observations.
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Investopedia explains 'Quartile'

Each quartile contains 25% of the total observations. Generally, the data is ordered from smallest to largest with those observations falling below 25% of all the data analyzed allocated within the 1st quartile, observations falling between 25.1% and 50% and allocated in the 2nd quartile, then the observations falling between 51% and 75% allocated in the 3rd quartile, and finally the remaining observations allocated in the 4th quartile.

Try not to confuse a quarter with a quartile.

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