Re: [GRASS-dev] r.stats.quantile: does the 50th percentile equal to the median?
Thank you Markus! --- On 2021-01-23 21:20, Markus Metz wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 2:51 PM wrote: Hi devs, does the default `percentiles=50` in `r.stats.quantile` equal to the median? Is the definition exclusive or inclusive? The median is commonly defined as the 50% percentile, the "middle" item of a sorted dataset. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median In GRASS, calculations of the median and the 50% percentile are identical. HTH, Markus M Thank you for any insight, Nikos -- See also - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile - https://math.stackexchange.com/q/2048470/445399 ___ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev___ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
Re: [GRASS-dev] r.stats.quantile: does the 50th percentile equal to the median?
On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 2:51 PM wrote: > > Hi devs, > > does the default `percentiles=50` in `r.stats.quantile` equal to the > median? > Is the definition exclusive or inclusive? The median is commonly defined as the 50% percentile, the "middle" item of a sorted dataset. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median In GRASS, calculations of the median and the 50% percentile are identical. HTH, Markus M > > > Thank you for any insight, Nikos > -- > > See also > - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile > - https://math.stackexchange.com/q/2048470/445399 > > ___ > grass-dev mailing list > grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev ___ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
[GRASS-dev] r.stats.quantile: does the 50th percentile equal to the median?
Hi devs, does the default `percentiles=50` in `r.stats.quantile` equal to the median? Is the definition exclusive or inclusive? Thank you for any insight, Nikos -- See also - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile - https://math.stackexchange.com/q/2048470/445399 ___ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
