staircase.Stairs.quantiles¶
- Stairs.quantiles(q)¶
Returns an array of q-quantiles.
Quantiles are cut points which divide a distribution into continuous intervals with equal probabilities. The 2-quantile is more commonly known as the median. The 4-quantiles are more commonly known as quartiles. The 100-quantiles are more commonly known as percentiles.
- Parameters
- qint
- Returns
numpy.ndarray
of floats
See also
Examples
>>> sf = sc.Stairs().layer([0,1,2,3,4], [6,7,8,9,10]) >>> fig, axes = plt.subplots(ncols=2, figsize=(7,3)) >>> sf.plot(axes[0]) >>> axes[0].set_title("sf") >>> sf.fractile.plot(axes[1]) >>> axes[1].set_title("fractile function")
>>> sf.quantiles(4) array([2., 3., 4.])