Look up: percentile

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   Percentile
   Percentiles are values that divide a sample of data into one hundred groups containing (as far as possible) equal numbers of observations. For example, 30% of the data values lie below the 30th percentile.
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   Percentile
   Percentage of a distribution with a lower (or equal) score or rank, details ...
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   Percentile
   A statistical measure representing the ranking of a particular figure or outcome on a scale comprising 100 equal groups. See also Quartile.
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   percentile
   [n] - (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
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   Percentile
   A 10 percentile is the value (of a particular variable such as weight) beneath which 10% of the population falls. A 50 percentile is the value beneath which 50% of the population falls. These could also be written as 10%ile and 50%ile.
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   Percentile
   This type of score indicates the percentage of pupils in an age group who have obtained scores below a particular score. For example, a pupil with a percentile rank of 70 has a score which was as good as or better than 70 per cent of the normative sample for his or her age group. Note that a pupil`s percentile on an assessment should not be confused with the term ‘percentage, which indicates the proportion of assessment items answered correctly.
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   Percentile
   Percentile: The percentage of individuals in a group who have achieved a certain quantity (such as height, weight, and head circumference) or developmental milestone (such as "walking well" the 50th percentile for which is12 months of age).
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   percentile
   the point below which a specified percentage of the observations fall Category: Statistics • values that divide a sample of data into one hundred groups containing(as far as possible)equal numbers of observations Category: Mathematics
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   Percentile
   Definition (keystage 3) If a set of data is put in order, the 30th percentile is the piece of data that comes 30% of the way through, etc.
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    percentile
    The percentage of individuals in a group who have achieved a certain quantity (such as height, weight, and head circumference) or developmental milestone (such as walking well the 50th percentile for which is12 months of age). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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    percentile
    centile noun (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
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    Percentile
    A `percentile` is the value of a variable below which a certain percent of observations fall. So the 20th percentile is the value (or score) below which 20 percent of the observations may be found. The term percentile and the related term percentile rank are often used in descriptive statistics as well as in the reporting of scores from norm-referenced tests. The 25th percentile is also known as the first quartile; the 50th percentile as the m...
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    percentile
    (pәr-sen´tīl) any one of the 99 values that divide the range of a probability distribution or sample into 100 intervals of equal probability or frequency; for example, 45 per cent of a population scores below the 45th percentile.
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    percentile
    (from the article `statistics`) Percentiles provide an indication of how the data values are spread over the interval from the smallest value to the largest value. Approximately ...
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    Percentile
    the percent of people in the norming sample whose scores were below a given score.
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