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QUARTILE Help: Putting data into quartiles without QUARTILE function(+ MATCH-INDEX/LOOKUP)

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    Question QUARTILE Help: Putting data into quartiles without QUARTILE function(+ MATCH-INDEX/LOOKUP)

    I am working with a spreadsheet that, for simplified/example purposes looks like the setup below:
    Math Science English History
    Charles 80 79 87 83
    Dana 85 82 80 90
    Samuel 90 92 94 84
    Amber 81 76 85 89
    Kathleen 82 83 88 79
    Patricia 76 92 94 88
    Mark 71 77 92 87
    Dennis 92 89 79 81

    What I want to do is have a section above it with the same setup, but in lieu of the scores/grades, have a number 1-4 indicating which quartile they fall into (1 being the best)-i.e. if you sorted each column 1 would be the top 25% of scores, 2 would be the next 25% of scores, etc. etc. I want the formula to look-up the name in the table below (not rely on the name being in the same position) and produce what quartile the it falls into (based on the data in that column). I have unsuccessfully taken a few stabs at it using INDEX/MATCH and the QUARTILE function (which doesn't seem to calculate quartiles in the way I'm looking for), so I would appreciate any help. I have pasted an example of the result I'm looking for below. Thanks!
    *I have a pretty large volume of data that will be changes/updated monthly, so I'm looking for an option with little-to-no manual re-arranging (i.e. pasting & sorting, etc.). Helper cells that would automatically pull from the original data are fine though.

    Math Science English History
    Charles 3 3 3 3
    Dana 2 3 4 1
    Samuel 1 1 1 3
    Amber 3 4 3 1
    Kathleen 2 2 2 4
    Patricia 4 1 1 2
    Mark 4 4 2 2
    Dennis 1 2 4 4

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    Lightbulb Re: QUARTILE Help: Putting data into quartiles without QUARTILE function(+ MATCH-INDEX/LOO

    Hello
    I've taken a go at finding a solution to your post and have come up with the attached example. It uses the PercentRank function and Vlookup to indicate a ranking 1-4. The formulas seem to return the correct results based on your sample data, so if they are not correct it seems quite a coincidence but please check them out thoroughly. I can't make any guarantees.

    Hope they do what you're looking for.
    DBY
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    Re: QUARTILE Help: Putting data into quartiles without QUARTILE function(+ MATCH-INDEX/LOO

    This looks good! Thank you SO much!

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    Re: QUARTILE Help: Putting data into quartiles without QUARTILE function(+ MATCH-INDEX/LOO

    You're welcome. It does seem to work but as I said do check.

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