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Explain percentiles and give an example of how it is used in statistics
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Percentiles, is to put simply just percentages. To be in the 90th percentile, refers to
being at 90%. But it depends on how you say it. One of the easiest way to understand this is
grades. In school everyone gets grades. How well you do is then ranked among all the other
students. So say you took a few tests and you ranked in the top 10 percentile. That means your
grades are in the top 10% of the class. If you say you are ranked in the 90th percentile, that
means you are at the 90% of the class. Meaning you are doing better than 90% of all the other
students, but there may be upwards of 10% of students doing better than you.

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Explain percentiles and give an example of how it is used in statist.pdf

  • 1. Explain percentiles and give an example of how it is used in statistics Solution Percentiles, is to put simply just percentages. To be in the 90th percentile, refers to being at 90%. But it depends on how you say it. One of the easiest way to understand this is grades. In school everyone gets grades. How well you do is then ranked among all the other students. So say you took a few tests and you ranked in the top 10 percentile. That means your grades are in the top 10% of the class. If you say you are ranked in the 90th percentile, that means you are at the 90% of the class. Meaning you are doing better than 90% of all the other students, but there may be upwards of 10% of students doing better than you.