quartiles

At a casual examination, or for demonstrative purposes, the extremes may be prominent, but for all further considerations the quartiles are the real values upon which to rest calculations.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

They not only found an effect too tiny to support causal inferences but they found it only by comparing extreme quartiles, which is the statistics of desperation.

Health Skeptic jonjayray 2010

We also called in an economist from Stanford, Henry Levin, who had compiled data on academic achievement by socioeconomic quartiles.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

These maps display the counties as divided into four equal segments: those in the top 25 percent, the next lowest 25 percent, and so forth i.e., quartiles.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

We also called in an economist from Stanford, Henry Levin, who had compiled data on academic achievement by socioeconomic quartiles.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

We also called in an economist from Stanford, Henry Levin, who had compiled data on academic achievement by socioeconomic quartiles.

The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

We reorganized 48 national TV sales organizations into quartiles based on the percentage of respondents who identified themselves as "familiar with" each organization, creating new competitive sets based on actual business relationships.

Jack Myers: Reorganizing National TV Competitive Sets Based on Business Relationships Jack Myers 2011

Another thought is that the bottom two quartiles of household income (bottom 40%) only pay $120 billion in payroll taxes, that might be a better idea.

Matthew Yglesias » The Mankiw Stimulus 2009

Shooter – last time I checked, the income quartiles are the income quartiles.

Matthew Yglesias » Deficit Commission to Accomplish Nothing 2010

We reorganized 48 national TV sales organizations into quartiles based on the percentage of respondents who identified themselves as "familiar with" each organization, creating new competitive sets based on actual business relationships.

Jack Myers: Reorganizing National TV Competitive Sets Based on Business Relationships Jack Myers 2011