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  1.     
  2.     _S_a_m_p_l_e _Q_u_a_n_t_i_l_e_s
  3.     
  4.          quantile(x, probs=seq(0, 1, 0.25), na.rm=FALSE)
  5.     
  6.     _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:
  7.     
  8.          quantile produces sample quantiles corresponding to the
  9.          given probabilities.  The smallest observation
  10.          corresponds to a probability of 0 and the largest to a
  11.          probability of 1.
  12.     
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