Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Quartile (QUARTILE)

Translation
Section	English 142	Arabic 142	Czech 142	German 142	Spanish 142	French 142	Italian 142	Japanese 142	Portuguese 142	Russian 142	Chinese 142
142-1	quintile —order statistics	قيمة ترتيبية	kvantil	Quantil	cuantilas	quantile	quantili	分位点 —順位別統計量	quantis —ordem estatística	Квантиль	分位数 —顺序统计数
142-2	quartile	ربيع	kvartil	Quartil	cuartilas	quartile	quartili	四分位数	quartis	Квартиль	四分位数
142-3	decile	عشير	decil	Dezil	decilas	décile	decili	十分位数	decis	Дециль	十分位数
142-4	percentile —centile	مئي	percentil	Zentil	centilas	centile	centili	百分位数	percentis —centis	Перцентиль	百分位数

If a series of observations is arranged in ascending order, values which have below them a certain proportion of the observations are referred to as quantiles ¹ or order statistics ¹ . The median (140-6) has been previously mentioned. Other important order statistics are the quartiles ², the deciles ³, and the percentiles ⁴ or centiles ⁴, which divide the observations into four, ten and a hundred equal parts respectively. More...