[Numpy-discussion] quantile() or percentile()

[josef.pktd at gmail.com]

On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 9:28 AM, Charles R Harris <charlesr.harris at gmail.com
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> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Eric Wieser <wieser.eric+numpy at gmail.com>
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>> Let’s try and keep this on topic - most replies to this message has been
>> about #9211, which is an orthogonal issue.
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>> There are two main questions here:
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>>    1. Would the community prefer to use np.quantile(x, 0.25) instead of np.percentile(x,
>>    25), if they had the choice
>>    2. Is this desirable enough to justify increasing the API surface?
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>> The general consensus on the github issue answers yes to 1, but is
>> neutral on 2. It would be good to get more opinions.
>>
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> I think a quantile function would be natural and desirable.
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I'm in favor of adding it. (moving away from +0)
It should be an obvious code completion choice, np.q?

Josef



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