(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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People in the top fifth percentile of drinkers had the highest odds for anxiety.
From the time.com
They score in the top three percentile for companionship, slightly above humans.
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However, none ranked above the 60th percentile within its sport over four years.
From the signonsandiego.com
The genotyping was confined to the top and bottom fifth percentile participants.
From the sciencedaily.com
Were we willing to pay top dollar or save money and hire at the 50th percentile?
From the avc.com
Men scored at the 48 percentile of effectiveness and women at the 56 percentile.
From the forbes.com
Jeison recently took his medical school tests and scored in the 99th percentile.
From the dailynews.com
I just showed up for my ACT and got a near perfect score in the 99th percentile.
From the ideas.time.com
Percentile is determined by an individual's standing within a comparison group.
From the theatlantic.com
- (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
- A percentile (or centile) 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. ...
- Income percentiles like quintiles and deciles are a convenient way of categorizing units of a given population from lowest income to highest income for the purposes of drawing conclusions about the relative situation of people at either end or in the middle of the scale. ...
- (Percentiling) The statistical mechanism that, since the October 1988 Advisory Council round, has been the major determinant of the funding decisions of all NIH institutes or centers. Study sections applications are ranked in percentiles according to priority score. ...
- 1. Rolling either a d100 or two ten-sided dice in which one die refers to the tens place and the other refers to the ones. 2. A system where the primary resolution mode is based on the use of percentile dice.
- A one hundredth part of a set of data.
- A ranking scale ranging from a low of 1 to a high of 99 with 50 as the median score. A percentile rank indicates the percentage of a reference or norm group obtaining scores equal to or less than the test-taker's score. ...
- A score location below which a specified percentage of the population falls. For example, in 1998, the tenth percentile of fourth-grade reading scores was 167. This means that in 1998, ten percent of fourth-graders had NAEP reading scores below 167, while 90 percent scored at or above 167.
- The pth percentile of a list is the smallest number such that at least p% of the numbers in the list are no larger than it. The pth percentile of a random variable is the smallest number such that the chance that the random variable is no larger than it is at least p%. C.f. quantile.
