atoti.array.quantile()#

atoti.array.quantile(measure, /, q, *, mode='inc', interpolation='linear')#

Return a measure equal to the requested quantile of the elements of the passed array measure.

Here is how to obtain the same behavior as these standard quantile calculation methods:

  • R-1: mode="centered" and interpolation="lower"

  • R-2: mode="centered" and interpolation="midpoint"

  • R-3: mode="simple" and interpolation="nearest"

  • R-4: mode="simple" and interpolation="linear"

  • R-5: mode="centered" and interpolation="linear"

  • R-6 (similar to Excel’s PERCENTILE.EXC): mode="exc" and interpolation="linear"

  • R-7 (similar to Excel’s PERCENTILE.INC): mode="inc" and interpolation="linear"

  • R-8 and R-9 are not supported

The formulae given for the calculation of the quantile index assume a 1-based indexing system.

Parameters:

  • measure (VariableMeasureConvertible) – The measure to get the quantile of.

  • q (_Quantile) – The quantile to take. For instance, 0.95 is the 95th percentile and 0.5 is the median.

  • mode (Literal['simple', 'centered', 'inc', 'exc']) –

    The method used to calculate the index of the quantile. Available options are, when searching for the q quantile of a vector X:

    • simple: len(X) * q

    • centered: len(X) * q + 0.5

    • exc: (len(X) + 1) * q

    • inc: (len(X) - 1) * q + 1

  • interpolation (Literal['linear', 'higher', 'lower', 'nearest', 'midpoint']) –

    If the quantile index is not an integer, the interpolation decides what value is returned. The different options are, considering a quantile index k with i < k < j for a sorted vector X:

    • linear: v = X[i] + (X[j] - X[i]) * (k - i)

    • lower: v = X[i]

    • higher: v = X[j]

    • nearest: v = X[i] or v = X[j] depending on which of i or j is closest to k

    • midpoint: v = (X[i] + X[j]) / 2

Return type:

MeasureDescription