Timeline for "-iles" terminology for the top half a percent
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| Sep 16, 2016 at 14:15 | comment | added | Nick Cox | Overlaps nicely with my answer. Strictly, $[0,1]$ is the support of quantiles and their actual values can be quite different. It's unfortunate that some programs label the probability scale "quantile" although there is no totally satisfactory term: "plotting position" and "cumulative probability" at least convey to the initiated what is intended. | |
| Sep 16, 2016 at 14:13 | history | edited | Nick Cox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 16, 2016 at 14:07 | history | answered | Peter Csizsek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |