Top, middle, and bottom thirds
Splitting your data into thirds or quartiles is often useful to understand how the values in your dataset are spread. Getting summary statistics (averages, sums, standard deviations, etc.) of the top, middle, and bottom thirds can help you determine what distribution your values follow.
This exercise is part of the course
PostgreSQL Summary Stats and Window Functions
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
WITH Athlete_Medals AS (
SELECT Athlete, COUNT(*) AS Medals
FROM Summer_Medals
GROUP BY Athlete
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1)
SELECT
Athlete,
Medals,
-- Split athletes into thirds by their earned medals
___ ___ ___ AS Third
FROM Athlete_Medals
ORDER BY Medals DESC, Athlete ASC;