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Usage and meaning of specific technical words/concepts in statistics.

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terminology question: Is there a generic name for the set of probabilities corresponding to ...

Given a set $P_i$ of probabilities and a Cumulative Distribution Function of $X$ you can find the set $X_i$ of values of $X$ corresponding to $P_i$. The $X_i$ are the "quantiles". Is there an equivale …
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terminology question: Is there a generic name for the set of probabilities corresponding to ...

I guessed that "probtile" sounded like a good analogue to "quantile" and did a search to see if probtile exists in the wild, and it does! "Probtile" is used in mathematical finance to mean the probab …
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