quartile
quartile — 名詞
- quartilesingular
- quartilesplural
1. One of four groups of the same size, made by ranking people or things from lowes
四分位組
依高低排序後平分成四份的其中一組
One of four groups of the same size, made by ranking people or things from lowest to highest and then cutting the list into four parts.
Tyler's test score put him in the top quartile of his class.
Tyler 的考試成績讓他進入班上最高的四分位組。
pattern: in the top quartile of [group]
The company sorted its 200 shops into four quartiles by yearly sales.
這家公司依年銷售額，把兩百家店分成四個四分位組。
sort into quartiles by [measure]
Sirin's team gave extra reading help to students in the lowest quartile.
Sirin 的團隊為最低四分位組的學生提供額外的閱讀輔導。
Imani's running time placed her in the fastest quartile of all entrants.
Imani 的跑步成績讓她進入所有參賽者中最快的四分位組。
Valentina checked which income quartile her family fell into on the tax form.
Valentina 在報稅表上查看她的家庭屬於哪個收入四分位組。
pattern: which quartile [x] fell into
- top quartile
- upper quartile
- in the top quartile
用法筆記
Countable noun, often paired with top or upper, as in 'the top quartile'. Distinguish from sense 2: here a quartile is a group, not a dividing number.
2. One of the three numbers in a ranked list of data that cut it into four parts, s
四分位數
把排序資料分成四等份的三個分界數值
One of the three numbers in a ranked list of data that cut it into four parts, so that a quarter of the data lies in each part.
The first quartile of the exam scores was 52, so a quarter of students scored lower.
考試分數的第一四分位數是 52，所以有四分之一的學生分數比它低。
pattern: the first quartile of [data]
Élise drew a box on the chart from the first quartile to the third.
Élise 在圖表上畫了一個方框，從第一四分位數畫到第三四分位數。
from the first quartile to the third
Beatrix lined up 100 children by height and marked the three quartiles.
Beatrix 把一百個孩子依身高排成一列，並標出三個四分位數。
To find the upper quartile, Diya first put all the prices in order.
為了求出上四分位數，Diya 先把所有價格依大小排好。
find the upper quartile
On the number line, Zayd marked the three quartiles with small red dots.
在數線上，Zayd 用紅色小點標出三個四分位數。
- upper quartile
- first quartile
- third quartile
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: a data set has three of these dividing values, but they create four groups.
常見搭配
常用片語
- top quartile
- upper quartile