Meaning of fractile | Babel Free
Definitions
The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
Examples
“The q-quantile is the same as the (1/q)-fractile.”
“The median is the .5-fractile.”
“Mahalanobis used a visual method of approximating the standard error of the income at all the fractiles of the covariate for the same graph by taking two independently selected "interpenetrating subsamples" and obtaining a graph for each of the subsamples besides the combined sample. […] The method proposed by Mahalanobis for estimating the error area of a fractile graph was later hailed as a precursor to the genesis of latter day bootstrap methodology (Efron 1979a,b; Hall, 2003).”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.