Decile vs. Percentile

Decilenoun

(statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.

Decilenoun

Any one of the ten subsets or groups so divided.

Decilenoun

(astrology) An aspect or position of two planets when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac.

Decilenoun

(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores

Decile

In descriptive statistics, a decile is any of the nine values that divide the sorted data into ten equal parts, so that each part represents 1/10 of the sample or population. A decile is one possible form of a quantile; others include the quartile and percentile.

Percentilenoun

(statistics) Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

Percentilenoun

(statistics) Any one of the hundred groups so divided.

Percentilenoun

(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

Percentilenoun

each of the 100 equal groups into which a population can be divided according to the distribution of values of a particular variable.

Percentilenoun

each of the 99 intermediate values of a random variable which divide a frequency distribution into 100 such groups

Percentile

In statistics, a percentile (or a centile) is a score below which a given percentage of scores in its frequency distribution falls (exclusive definition) or a score at or below which a given percentage falls (inclusive definition). For example, the 50th percentile (the median) is the score below which (exclusive) or at or below which (inclusive) 50% of the scores in the distribution may be found.