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StatisticsQuantile Method (IEnumerableDouble, Double)
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: MathNet.Numerics.Statistics
Assembly: MathNet.Numerics (in MathNet.Numerics.dll) Version: 3.7
Syntax
C#
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public static double Quantile(
	this IEnumerable<double> data,
	double tau
)

Parameters

data
Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableDouble
The data sample sequence.
tau
Type: SystemDouble
Quantile selector, between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).

Return Value

Type: Double

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerableDouble. 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).
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