Fractile vs. Percentile

Fractilenoun

(statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.

Fractileadjective

Describing the quality of a sedimentary stone as it relates to the sediments to cohesively bond without fracturing.

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.