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Q&A In $P(X\leq q)$, what do we call $q$?

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by anoldmaninthesea‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by gramps‭

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#3: Post edited by user avatar anoldmaninthesea‭ · 2020-12-17T22:39:28Z (about 4 years ago)
  • This is a simple question, but in $P(X\leq q)$, what do we call $q$?
  • I sometimes call them quantiles, for lack of a better word, but it's not correct, I think.
  • This is a simple question, but in $P(X\leq q)=\alpha$, what do we call $q$?
  • I sometimes call them quantiles, for lack of a better word, but it's not correct, I think. My 'inspiration' comes from the quantile function,
  • which for continuous distributions we'll always have $Q(\alpha)=q$.
#2: Post edited by user avatar anoldmaninthesea‭ · 2020-12-17T22:35:15Z (about 4 years ago)
  • This is a simple question, but in $P(X\leq q)$, what do we call $q$?
  • I sometimes call them quantiles, for lack of a better word, but it's very correct, I think.
  • This is a simple question, but in $P(X\leq q)$, what do we call $q$?
  • I sometimes call them quantiles, for lack of a better word, but it's not correct, I think.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar anoldmaninthesea‭ · 2020-12-17T22:34:31Z (about 4 years ago)
In $P(X\leq q)$, what do we call $q$?
This is a simple question, but in $P(X\leq q)$, what do we call $q$?

I sometimes call them quantiles, for lack of a better word, but it's very correct, I think.