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Returns the quartile of a data set. Quartiles often are used in sales and survey data to divide populations into groups. For example, you can use QUARTILE to find the top 25 percent of incomes in a population.

Syntax

QUARTILE(array,quart)

Array   is the array or cell range of numeric values for which you want the quartile value.

Quart   indicates which value to return.

• If array is empty, QUARTILE returns the #NUM! error value.
• If quart is not an integer, it is truncated.
• If quart < 0 or if quart > 4, QUARTILE returns the #NUM! error value.
• MIN, MEDIAN, and MAX return the same value as QUARTILE when quart is equal to 0 (zero), 2, and 4, respectively.

Example

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