quartile

noun

1. 四分位数；四分位值
   one of four equal groups into which a set of things can be divided according to the distribution of a particular variable
   1. women in the fourth quartile of height (= the shortest 25% of women)
      身高在第四个四分位值的妇女（即最矮的25%妇女）

1. And when you allocate [ your capital] obsessively to firms in the top quartile, it will have an impact on how things play out.
   如果你（把你的资本）过量配置匀给排名前1/4的公司，就会影响到事态的发展。
2. Every private equity firm likes to brag about its fund performance, to the point that terms like "top quartile" have virtually lost their meanings.
   所有的私募股权公司都喜欢吹嘘自己所管理基金的表现，以至于像“前四分之一”这样的评价实际上已经失去了意义。
3. We introduced two additional measures of location, the median and inter quartile range.
   我们介绍了位置的其他度量手段，中间以及内部四分位范围。
4. The interquartile range ( IRQ): The IRQ is defined as the distance from the first to the third quartile, or, in other words, this is the width of the box.
   四分位范围（IRQ）：IRQ就是第一个四分之一到第三个四分之一之间的距离，或者换句话说，它就是框的长度。
5. The poorest quartile of students in Shanghai do better in maths than the richest in the UK.
   上海来自收入最低的四分之一家庭的学生比英国最富裕家庭孩子的数学成绩更好。
6. Jack Buckley, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, noted that American students from families with incomes in the highest quartile did not perform as well as students with similar backgrounds in other countries.
   美国国家教育统计中心（NationalCenterforEducationStatistics）专员杰克·巴克利（JackBuckley）指出，家庭收入位居最高四分位数的美国学生的表现不如具有类似背景的其他国家学生。
7. Categorization of glycemic control into arbitrary quartile by HbA ( 1c) level led to better glycemic control in a significantly higher proportions of HD patients with diabetes than those assessed by GA.
   将糖尿病血液透析患者血糖控制状态按HbA（1c）水平任意四分位分类，所得出的血糖控制率明显高于用GA评估所得。
8. By quartile robust statistical Z-Score way analysis of Proficiency Testing process to make Gaussian node Z-scores ways.
   通过对四分位数稳健统计进行Z比分数法能力验证过程的分析提出高斯节点z比分数法。
9. As a result, the increase in Chinese capacity has mostly been in the third and fourth quartile of the cash-cost curve for both alumina and aluminium metal.
   因此，中国产能的增加，绝大多数都是在铝和氧化铝现金成本曲线的下半段。
10. They fell for the line that each bank had to deliver top quartile remuneration, as if all bankers were above average.
    他们误以为每个银行都要提供顶级的薪资，好像所有的银行家都是佼佼者一样。
11. "Most of the companies with zero women were in the bottom performance quartile." three years ago, catalyst demonstrated a similar link between profitability and women in senior management.
    三年前catalyst就表明，利润率与身居管理要职的女性之间存在类似的联系。
12. Because of its favourable mining and processing costs, it will achieve nickel production costs in the lowest quartile of the world nickel supply curve.
    因为它较低的采矿及选矿成本，它的镍生产成本将在全球的镍供应价格中属于最低的四分之一。
13. In many developing countries, the poorest quartile of consumers spends close to three-quarters of its income on food.
    在很多发展中国家，最穷的四分之一消费者把近四分之三的收入花在食物上。
14. Study on Fairness of Income Distribution Based on Descriptive Statistics of Skewed Distribution The SUA data was consistent with the skewness distribution and described by Median ± quartile.
    收入分配公平性的偏态分布描述方法研究③血清尿酸数据呈偏态分布，以中位数±四分位间距表示。
15. Clearly something is going on, says Debbie Soon, vice-president of Catalyst's executive leadership initiatives. Most of the companies with zero women were in the bottom performance quartile.
    显然正在发生一些变化，Catalyst高管领导能力项目副总裁戴比•索恩（DebbieSoon）表示：大多数没有女性董事的公司业绩排名都在后四分之一。
16. Individuals in the top one-fourth ( quartile) of HOMA index had an increased risk of stroke compared to those in the other three quartiles of the HOMA index.
    处于HOMA指数上四分位数区间的人与其他三个区间相比卒中风险增加。
17. Take just one statistic: the share of US college students that comes from families in the lowest quartile has fallen over the last generation while that from the richest has increased.
    权且用一项统计数字说明，美国大学里，来自收入最低四分之一家庭的学生所占比例，与上一代人相比已有所下降，而来自最富裕家庭的比例则提高了。
18. Of the Chinese refineries that turn bauxite into alumina, the intermediate product, 37 per cent are in the top quartile in the world for costs.
    在将铝土矿制成中间产品氧化铝的中国精炼厂中，37%位居全球成本最高的四分之一之列。
19. Results SUA in quartile positively correlated with increasing IMT and severity of plaque in the elderly.
    结果血尿酸四分位组分析显示，随分位数增加，老年人颈动脉IMT及斑块严重程度增加。
20. Is the array or cell range of numeric values for which you want the quartile value
    用来计算其四分位点的数值数组或数值区域
21. Among the worst performers ( the bottom quartile, which are mostly poor countries) the improvement has been slightly greater: from 112 days to 63.
    即使在最差的表现者中（最后的四分位数，其中大多数都是穷国），改善程度也略微增大：从112天减少至63天。
22. Small-cap stocks are tougher to price than large-cap stocks, so there's a4.7% differential, first to third quartile.
    小盘股比大盘股更难定价，第一和第三个四分位数的差距有4.7%。

noun

1. (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores