The trouble with ‘ntile()’ – Notes from a data witch

Likely Human

blog.djnavarro.netSubmitted September 22, 2026

Please, please, please do not use ‘dplyr::ntile()’ in an analysis that will be submitted to a regulatory agency. It’s secretly an ill-conceived SQL tool that doesn’t do what you probably want it to, and it does not belong in statistical analysis

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