Are Quartile and Quarter the Same?

As nouns the difference between quarter and quartile
is that quarter is any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided while quartile is (statistics) any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

Is a quartile 25%?

Each quartile contains 25% of the total observations. Generally, the data is arranged from smallest to largest: First quartile: the lowest 25% of numbers. Second quartile: between 25.1% and 50% (up to the median)

What is equal about the quartiles?

A Quartile is a percentile measure that divides the total of 100% into four equal parts: 25%,50%,75% and 100% .

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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