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QUARTILE.INC

Excel Functions

Get the quartile in a data set

Syntax

EXCEL
=QUARTILE.INC(array, quart)

Arguments

Parameter Description
array A reference containing data to analyze.
quart The quartile value to return.

Return Value

Value for requested quartile

Details

Use the QUARTILE.INC function to get the quartile for a given set of data. QUARTILE.INC 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. Percentiles can be defined as "greater than or equal to" (inclusive) or "greater than" (exclusive). The QUARTILE.INC function is inclusive and has "greater than or equal to" behavior. QUARTILE.EXC is exclusive, and has "greater than" behavior. The screen below shows how QUARTILE.INC and QUARTILE.EXC return different results for the same data. Note QUARTILE.EXC cannot be used to get the minimum or maximum value like QUARTILE.INC. Note: Starting with Excel 2010, the QUARTILE.INC function replaces

See Also

MIN MAX MEDIAN RANK PERCENTILE