Statistics.Quantile(IEnumerable<Double>, Double) Method

Estimates the tau-th quantile from the provided samples. The tau-th quantile is the data value where the cumulative distribution function crosses tau. Approximately median-unbiased regardless of the sample distribution (R8).

Namespace: Altaxo.Calc.Statistics
Assembly: AltaxoCore (in AltaxoCore.dll) Version: 4.8.3261.0 (4.8.3261.0)

Syntax

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public static double Quantile(
	this IEnumerable<double> data,
	double tau
)

Parameters

data IEnumerable<Double>: The data sample sequence.
tau Double: Quantile selector, between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).

Return Value

Double

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Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<Double>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Reference

Statistics Class

Quantile Overload

Altaxo.Calc.Statistics Namespace