Hi all,
I have a problem on how R calculates Percentiles :
Suppose I have following data set:
> data1
[1] -16648185 -14463457 -14449400 -13905309 -13443436 -13234755 -12956282
-11660896
[9] -10061040 -9805005 -9789583 -9754642 -9562164 -9391709 -9212182
-9151073
[17] -9092732 -9068214 -8978151 -8943912 -8761890 -8632106 -8541580
-8501249
[25] -8234466 -8219015 -8193543 -7488279 -7340768 -7236684 -7225458
-7159465
[33] -6819625 -6810858 -6755620 -6626439 -6610901 -6551762 -6207377
-6192583
[41] -6106783 -6077051 -6035300 -6035195 -6019017 -5954375 -5946285
-5886082
[49] -5880402 -5723368 -5668698 -5599168 -5548276 -5445734 -5412312
-5384707
[57] -5309365 -5303425 -5285274 -5204585 -5096301 -5092182 -5053349
-5041533
[65] -5021234 -5005402 -4984232 -4981990 -4964457 -4936653 -4920384
-4918021
[73] -4895351 -4843258 -4824730 -4774792 -4771018 -4616156 -4590430
-4444262
[81] -4443954 -4435397 -4415112 -4374465 -4341858 -4267891 -4252410
-4185021
[89] -4164458 -4158863 -4020436 -4006030 -3975819 -3959667 -3916414
-3876878
[97] -3765340 -3729338 -3713670 -3634991
Now the 5th percentile should be value corresponding to 0.05*(100+1) = 5.05 = 5
(rounded)
hence : -13443436
But R give the value :
> quantile(data1, 0.05)
5%
-13245189
Can anyone clarify me on this regards?
Thanks
Megh
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