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Fare Percentile Ranking
Divide passengers into 4 fare brackets (quartiles) using NTILE. Return name, fare, fare_quartile (1=lowest, 4=highest), and pclass. Order by fare descending, then name for ties.
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Schema
passengers
| passenger_id | survived | pclass | name | sex | age | sibsp | parch | fare | embarked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 3 | Braund, Mr. Owen Harris | male | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7.25 | S |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Cumings, Mrs. John Bradley | female | 38 | 1 | 0 | 71.28 | C |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Heikkinen, Miss. Laina | female | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7.93 | S |
Expected output: fare_quartile: 4
Hint
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