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Quartile

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001559

  1. Division of a distribution of values into four equal segments.

    Note: The lowest quartile ranges from the lowest value to the 25th percentile; the second quartile ranges from the 25th percentile to the 50th percentile; the third quartile ranges from the 50th percentile to the 75th percentile; the fourth quartile ranges from the 75th percentile to the highest value.

  2. This measure divides a distribution into four equal parts.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001559
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesBLS Glossary; U.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoDerived measures
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001559",
  "term": "Quartile",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definitions": [
    "Division of a distribution of values into four equal segments.\n\nNote: The lowest quartile ranges from the lowest value to the 25th percentile; the second quartile ranges from the 25th percentile to the 50th percentile; the third quartile ranges from the 50th percentile to the 75th percentile; the fourth quartile ranges from the 75th percentile to the highest value.",
    "This measure divides a distribution into four equal parts."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Derived measures"
  ],
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary",
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/quartile/"
}

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