dask.dataframe.Series.quantile

dask.dataframe.Series.quantile

Series.quantile(q=0.5, method='default')[source]

Approximate quantiles of Series

Parameters
qlist/array of floats, default 0.5 (50%)

Iterable of numbers ranging from 0 to 1 for the desired quantiles

method{‘default’, ‘tdigest’, ‘dask’}, optional

What method to use. By default will use dask’s internal custom algorithm ('dask'). If set to 'tdigest' will use tdigest for floats and ints and fallback to the 'dask' otherwise.