bundles / scipy latest / scipy / stats / _mstats_extras / idealfourths

function

`scipy.stats._mstats_extras:idealfourths`

source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/stats/_mstats_extras.py:450

Signature

def idealfourths(data, axis = None)

Summary

Returns an estimate of the lower and upper quartiles.

Extended Summary

Uses the ideal fourths algorithm.

Parameters

data : array_like: Input array.
axis : int, optional: Axis along which the quartiles are estimated. If None, the arrays are flattened.

Returns

idealfourths : {list of floats, masked array}: Returns the two internal values that divide data into four parts using the ideal fourths algorithm either along the flattened array (if axis is None) or along axis of data.

Aliases

scipy.stats._mstats_extras.idealfourths