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diff --git a/doc/release/upcoming_changes/19857.improvement.rst b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/19857.improvement.rst index e39d413cc..cbeff08b1 100644 --- a/doc/release/upcoming_changes/19857.improvement.rst +++ b/doc/release/upcoming_changes/19857.improvement.rst @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ -Add new linear interpolation methods for ``quantile`` and ``percentile`` ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Add new methods for ``quantile`` and ``percentile`` +--------------------------------------------------- -``quantile`` and ``percentile`` now have 13 linear interpolation methods, -nine of which can be found in the scientific literature. -The remaining methods are NumPy specific and are kept for backwards -compatibility. The default is "inclusive" (method 7), whose behavior is equivalent -to the former default "linear". +``quantile`` and ``percentile`` now have have a ``method=`` +keyword argument supporting 13 different methods. +This replaces the ``interpolation=`` keyword argument. + +The methods are now aligned with nine methods which can be +found in scientific literature and the R language. +The remaining methods are the previous discontinuous variations +of the default "linear" one. + +Please see the documentation of `numpy.percentile` for more information. |