Wat s d difference between percentage n percentile? n how s percentile calculated?

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Wat s d difference between percentage n percentile? n how s percentile calculated?

Answer 1

Percentile: "one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies: Ninety percent of the values lie at or below the ninetieth percentile, ten percent above it."

Answer 2

percentile (pr-sntl)

Any of the 100 equal parts into which the range of the values of a set of data can be divided in order to show the distribution of those values. The percentile of a given value is determined by the percentage of the values that are smaller than that value. For example, a test score that is higher than 95 percent of the other scores is in the 95th percentile.

per·cen·tile (pr-sntl) n.

One of a set of points on a scale arrived at by dividing a group into parts in order of magnitude. For example, a score equal to or greater than 97 percent of those attained on an examination is said to be in the 97th percentile.

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Answer 3

a percentage is a way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100 (per cent meaning "per hundred"). It is often denoted using the percent sign, "%". For example, 45% (read as "forty-five percent") is equal to 45 / 100, or 0.45.

A percentile is the value of a variable below which a certain percent of observations fall(HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT MORE OR LESS THAN YOU)

Answer 4

Nice Query.............

As u know percentage stands for per hundred

eg: If u get 60 marks in any subject out of 100, ur percentage will be  60%

If ur class have total strength of 20 students, n at exams u get 5th position , it will meant that 75% of the class students are behind u n in this case percentile is 75.