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Activity Number:
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369
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Quality and Productivity
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| Abstract - #301975 |
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Title:
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Differences in Computations of Sample Quantiles
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Author(s):
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Michael Joner*+ and Eugene Shine
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Companies:
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The Procter & Gamble Company and Savannah River National Laboratory
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Address:
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8700 S Mason-Montgomery Rd, Mason, OH, 45040,
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Keywords:
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quantile ; software ; comparison
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Abstract:
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Sample quantiles can be found in at least 9 ways using one or two order statistics (Hyndman and Fan, 1996). Different methods are in use by various software packages. This can be a source of confusion when multiple packages are in use because the methods often produce different estimates. We review some of the technical issues in sample quantile estimation.
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