Purpose
Get the quartile in a data set
Return value
Value for requested quartile
Syntax
=QUARTILE(array,quart)- array - A reference containing data to analyze.
- quart - The quartile value to return.
How to use
Use the QUARTILE function to get the quartile for a given set of data. QUARTILE takes two arguments, the array containing numeric data to analyze, and quart, indicating which quartile value to return. The QUARTILE function accepts 5 values for the quart argument, as shown in the table below.
| Quart | Return value |
|---|---|
| 0 | Min value |
| 1 | First quartile – 25th percentile |
| 2 | Median value – 50th percentile |
| 3 | Third quartile – 75th percentile |
| 4 | Max value |
QUARTILE function examples
Highlight data by quartile
The QUARTILE function is automatic, and will calculate the 1st quartile with an input of 1, the 2nd quartile with an input of 2, and the 3rd quartile with an input of 3. With an input of 0, quartile returns the minimum value in the data. The trick in this case is to arrange the conditional...
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