Definition:Percentile

Definition
Let $D$ be a finite collection of data regarding some quantitative variable.

Let $D$ be divided into precisely $100$ class intervals.

A $P$th percentile is a value in the interval defined by the $P$th class such that:


 * $\dfrac P {100}$ of the data in $D$ fall at or below the value chosen


 * $1 - \dfrac P {100}$ of the data in $D$ fall at or above the value chosen.

Arbitrarily more precise definitions may be contrived as necessary to define a unique percentile for a given study.

Also known as
A percentile is also known as a centile.

Also see

 * Definition:Median (Statistics)
 * Definition:Quartile
 * Definition:Decile


 * Definition:Quantile