QUARTILE function

Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a data set.

Sample usage

QUARTILE(A2:A100,3)

QUARTILE(A2:A100,B2)

Syntax

QUARTILE(data, quartile_number)

• data – The array or range containing the data set to consider.

• quartile_number – Which quartile value to return.

  • 0 returns the minimum value in data (0% mark).

  • 1 returns the value in data closest to the first quartile (25% mark).

  • 2 returns the value in data closest to the median (50% mark).

  • 3 returns the value in data closest to the third quartile (75% mark).

  • 4 returns the maximum value in data (100% mark).

See also

SMALL: Returns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

RANK: Returns the rank of a specified value in a data set.

PERCENTRANK: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a data set.

PERCENTILE: Returns the value at a given percentile of a data set.

MINA: Returns the minimum numerical value in a data set.

MIN: Returns the minimum value in a numerical data set.

MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numerical data set.

MAXA: Returns the maximum numerical value in a data set.

MAX: Returns the maximum value in a numerical data set.

LARGE: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

AVERAGEA: Returns the numerical average value in a data set.

AVERAGE: The AVERAGE function returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

Examples