One of the four divisions of observations which have been grouped into four equal-sized sets based on their Rank. The quartile including the top Ranked members is called the first quartile and denoted . The other quartiles are similarly denoted , , and . For data points with of the form (for , 1, ...), the Hinges are identical to the first and third quartiles.
See also Hinge, Interquartile Range, Quartile Deviation, Quartile Variation Coefficient