@@ -527,14 +527,18 @@ However, for reading convenience, most of the examples show sorted sequences.
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527 | 527 | The default *method* is "exclusive" and is used for data sampled from |
528 | 528 | a population that can have more extreme values than found in the |
529 | 529 | samples. The portion of the population falling below the *i-th* of |
530 | | - *m* data points is computed as ``i / (m + 1)``. |
| 530 | + *m* sorted data points is computed as ``i / (m + 1)``. Given nine |
| 531 | + sample values, the method sorts them and assigns the following |
| 532 | + percentiles: 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%. |
531 | 533 | |
532 | 534 | Setting the *method* to "inclusive" is used for describing population |
533 | | - data or for samples that include the extreme points. The minimum |
534 | | - value in *dist* is treated as the 0th percentile and the maximum |
535 | | - value is treated as the 100th percentile. The portion of the |
536 | | - population falling below the *i-th* of *m* data points is computed as |
537 | | - ``(i - 1) / (m - 1)``. |
| 535 | + data or for samples that are known to include the most extreme values |
| 536 | + from the population. The minimum value in *dist* is treated as the 0th |
| 537 | + percentile and the maximum value is treated as the 100th percentile. |
| 538 | + The portion of the population falling below the *i-th* of *m* sorted |
| 539 | + data points is computed as ``(i - 1) / (m - 1)``. Given 11 sample |
| 540 | + values, the method sorts them and assigns the following percentiles: |
| 541 | + 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%. |
538 | 542 | |
539 | 543 | If *dist* is an instance of a class that defines an |
540 | 544 | :meth:`~inv_cdf` method, setting *method* has no effect. |
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