sample_quantile: Calculate a sample quantile

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

Description

Calculate a sample quantile

Usage

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Arguments

x

Vector of data.

p

Probability for desired quantile (e.g. 0.5 for median)

Details

There are many competing definitions of sample quantiles (see Hyndman & Fan, 1996). Here we simply use the R default definition, which corresponds to Definition 7 in Hyndman & Fan. See ?quantile in R for more details.

Value

Sample quantile

Examples

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foo <- rnorm(1000)
sample_quantile(foo, 0.16)

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