quartile
noun
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A quartile is a quarter of a specific group that has been tested or evaluated in specific ways. The first quartile is the one that scores highest and the fourth quartile scores lowest. For achievement and proficiency tests, the first quartile is the place to be; for blood pressure or cholesterol, the third quartile is healthier.
Examples of quartile in a Sentence
Tom Metcalf, Fortune Europe, 4 Apr. 2024
Furthermore, companies in the top quartile for ethnic and cultural diversity outperformed those in the fourth quartile by 36% in profitability.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Renters with severe cost burdens in the lowest expenditure quartile spent 39% less on food and 42% less on healthcare than unburdened renters.
—Cortlynn Stark, Sacramento Bee, 9 Feb. 2024
Research from McKinsey showed that companies with greater gender diversity on their executive teams were 25% more likely to have above-average profitability compared to companies in the lowest quartile for gender diversity.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Here is how the program in House Bill 348 would work:
Districts could apply for the program, naming up to two school buildings with chronic absentee rates that put them in the top quartile.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2024
In all but the lowest quartile of households, boomers are projected to be less prepared than younger generations.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2023
As the difference between the typical amount and the average indicates, retirement savings is highly concentrated among top Gen X earners, according to NIRS’s report: The top 25% has $250,000, on average, while the bottom quartile has around $35,000.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
Those at top firms in the promotion category offer more than twice as many promotions overall to their workforce than those in the bottom quartile.
—Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Quartile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quartile. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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