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Docs for `quantile_cont` do not describe how interpolation is calculated

Open david-cortes opened this issue 1 year ago • 0 comments

In the docs for function quantile_cont: https://duckdb.org/docs/sql/functions/aggregates.html#quantile_contx-pos

It mentions that it returns an interpolated quantile, but doesn't describe the method that is used to interpolate, nor does it allow controlling it.

See for example the docs for R's quantile for examples of potential definitions for the interpolation: https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/stats/versions/3.6.2/topics/quantile

david-cortes avatar Jul 24 '24 07:07 david-cortes