Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
A value below which a given percentage of observations in a distribution fall; used to describe the relative position of a data value within a distribution.
AP course connection
Topic 1.7: 1.7 Summary Statistics for a Quantitative Variable