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percentile

/per-sen-tahyl, -til/US // pərˈsɛn taɪl, -tɪl //UK // (pəˈsɛntaɪl) //

百分值,百分位数,百分位数,百分位

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a percentile or a division of a distribution by percentiles.

Examples

  • My scores improved, nudging me near the top 25th percentile.

  • The Buckeyes went FIB on roughly 25% of plays which ranks in the 93rd percentile on a game level.

  • The NWEA findings show that, compared to last year, students scored an average of 5 to 10 percentile points lower in math, with students in grades three, four and five experiencing the largest drops.

  • Only 27 of them traveled 95 mph or faster, putting him in just the second percentile of hard-hit percentage.

  • For instance, boys in the 10th percentile saw a statistically significant decline of six points on the 500-point exam.

  • These differentials, he writes “places the average black at roughly the 16th percentile of the white IQ distribution.”

  • The new measure is a relative measure, pegged to (approximately) how much the 33rd percentile is spending on various things.

  • Recall figure 2.1 at the beginning of the book, showing stagnant incomes for people below the 50th income percentile.

  • Really well, actually—in the 97th percentile on reading comprehension and the 87th in math.

  • A state in the 90th percentile (with the least amount of complaints filed) was given 20 points.

  • In other words, the lengths of the individual vectors denote the percentile rle that each night played in the total density.

  • In height he gained from the 25 percentile to the 40 percentile.