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The quantiles of a distribution refer to points on its cumulative distribution function. Some common quantiles are quartiles and percentiles.

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Help me understand the quantile (inverse CDF) function

Tim had a very thorough answer. Good job! I'd like to add one more remark. Not every monotonically increasing function has an inverse function. Actually only strictly monotonically increasing/decreas …
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