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$\begingroup$ In case anyone else was confused looking at this: this is not saying that a quantile varies between 0 and 1, and percentile between 0 and 100, it's saying that these are the domains of the quantile(x) and percentile(x) functions, which return an observed value, the range of which is completely dependent on your specific problem (e.g. if you are measuring rainfall it's probably between 0 and 10). $\endgroup$
– Joseph Garvin
Commented Apr 18, 2019 at 22:01
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$\begingroup$ Comparing this answer to one by I Like to Code below, quantile in this answer refers to a quantile function, while another usage of quantile relates to the division of [0, 1] range of probabilities into equal chunks. n-quantile means division into n chunks $\endgroup$
– Alex Fainshtein
Commented Jan 22, 2022 at 19:33

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