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Quantiles

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001548

A data classification method that distributes a set of values into groups that contain an equal number of values.

Quantiles are used in American FactFinder thematic maps.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001548
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001548",
  "term": "Quantiles",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A data classification method that distributes a set of values into groups that contain an equal number of values.\n\nQuantiles are used in American FactFinder thematic maps.",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/quantiles/"
}

Record 1,525 of 2,141 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.