[Python-ideas] Users of statistics software, what quantile functionality would be useful for you?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Steven D'Aprano writes:

 > using other languages) and specifically use quantiles, what sort of 
 > functionality would be useful to you?
 > 
 > For example:
 > 
 > - evenly-spaced quantiles (say, at 0.25, 0.5, 0.75)?

Yes.

 > - unevenly-spaced quantiles (0.25, 0.8, 0.9, 0.995)?

Rarely.

 > - one quantile at a time?

Yes.

 > - any specific definition?

My students' data is qualitative survey (Likert scale or categorical)
or government-issue, "any" is "good enough for gov't work".

 > - quantiles of a distribution?

You mean the inverse of the cumulative distribution function?  Very
rarely.

 > - anything else?

Not that I can think of.  Thank you for this addition!

Steve