Percentile
noun
A value, below which a certain percent of the data falls.
She scored in the 90th percentile on her test, meaning she scored higher than 90% of the people who took the same test.
Often appears as...
- 90th percentile
- score in a percentile
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Academic
adjective
Referring to or measured by percentile.
The percentile rank of a score is the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution that are equal to or lower than it.
Often appears as...
- percentile score
- percentile ranking
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Academic
noun
A value, below which a certain percent of the data falls.
She scored in the 90th percentile on her test, meaning she scored higher than 90% of the people who took the same test.
Often appears as...
- 90th percentile
- score in a percentile
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Referring to or measured by percentile.
The percentile rank of a score is the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution that are equal to or lower than it.
Often appears as...
- percentile score
- percentile ranking
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Data Comparison
Percentiles compare individual scores or data to a larger group, showing where it stands.
His height is in the 80th percentile for his age group.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Percentage
A percentile is not the same as a percentage; it's about rank within a group, not the score itself.
Earning a score in the 70th percentile doesn’t mean you got 70% correct.
Pro Tip 3/3Quantitative Analysis
Percentiles are often used in exams and statistics to objectively compare data points.
The survey results are in the 55th percentile, indicating moderate satisfaction.
Pro Tip 1/3Data Comparison
Percentiles compare individual scores or data to a larger group, showing where it stands.
His height is in the 80th percentile for his age group.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Percentage
A percentile is not the same as a percentage; it's about rank within a group, not the score itself.
Earning a score in the 70th percentile doesn’t mean you got 70% correct.
Pro Tip 3/3Quantitative Analysis
Percentiles are often used in exams and statistics to objectively compare data points.
The survey results are in the 55th percentile, indicating moderate satisfaction.
Pro Tip 1/3Data Comparison
Percentiles compare individual scores or data to a larger group, showing where it stands.
His height is in the 80th percentile for his age group.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Percentage
A percentile is not the same as a percentage; it's about rank within a group, not the score itself.
Earning a score in the 70th percentile doesn’t mean you got 70% correct.
Pro Tip 3/3Quantitative Analysis
Percentiles are often used in exams and statistics to objectively compare data points.
The survey results are in the 55th percentile, indicating moderate satisfaction.
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just drop into a classroom and everything is going to be perfect but when in use conjunct when in conjunction with amazing teachers who can really set the right culture for students to take ownership and really direct their own learning we have seen some pretty incredible things happening these are the percentile scores for a ninth grade
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Hans Rosling: Debunking...
And the best projection from the World Bank is that this will happen, and we will not have a divided world. We'll have most people in the middle. Of course it's a logarithmic scale here, but our concept of economy is growth with percent. We look upon it as a possibility of percentile increase.
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Todd Kuiken: A...
so that it's not worrying about electrode contact. And we can have the real estate open to try more sensation feedback. We want to build a better arm. This arm -- they're always made for the 50th percentile male -- which means they're too big for five-eighths of the world.
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Should we get rid of...
Similarly, the diplomat might be measured against other test-taking diplomats, or against a set of fixed criteria, which demonstrate different levels of language proficiency. And all of these results can be expressed using something called a percentile.
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Trebor Scholz: Stuck in...
and they were out to look for venture-capital funding, then the research shows us very clearly that the chances of these minority-women-led founder teams to find venture-capital funding are very slim, in the single percentile,
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Sheena Iyengar: How to...
participation rates have now dropped to about the 60th percentile. Now it turns out that even if you do choose to participate when there are more choices present, even then, it has negative consequences.
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Dean Kamen: New...
we made small enough to fit on a 50th percentile female, so that we could put it in any of these people. It's going to go inside something that we use in CAT scans and MRIs of whatever is their good arm,
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Dean Kamen: The emotion...
50th percentile female frame. "And it's going to be completely self contained including all its power." So, they finished that. And I, as you can tell, am a bashful guy. I told them they're nuts.
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"Stumbling towards...
and then of course that dramatic difference of the 25, 40 and 35 percentile. But of course, what is the neural network that is helping to bridge and build these different discrepancies?
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The power of believing...
scored in the 95th percentile on the national achievement test. Many of those kids could not hold a pencil
Video examples
The Khan Academy PIPE...
just drop into a classroom and everything is going to be perfect but when in use conjunct when in conjunction with amazing teachers who can really set the right culture for students to take ownership and really direct their own learning we have seen some pretty incredible things happening these are the percentile scores for a ninth grade
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Debunking...
And the best projection from the World Bank is that this will happen, and we will not have a divided world. We'll have most people in the middle. Of course it's a logarithmic scale here, but our concept of economy is growth with percent. We look upon it as a possibility of percentile increase.
Video examples
Todd Kuiken: A...
so that it's not worrying about electrode contact. And we can have the real estate open to try more sensation feedback. We want to build a better arm. This arm -- they're always made for the 50th percentile male -- which means they're too big for five-eighths of the world.
Video examples
Should we get rid of...
Similarly, the diplomat might be measured against other test-taking diplomats, or against a set of fixed criteria, which demonstrate different levels of language proficiency. And all of these results can be expressed using something called a percentile.
Video examples
Trebor Scholz: Stuck in...
and they were out to look for venture-capital funding, then the research shows us very clearly that the chances of these minority-women-led founder teams to find venture-capital funding are very slim, in the single percentile,
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: How to...
participation rates have now dropped to about the 60th percentile. Now it turns out that even if you do choose to participate when there are more choices present, even then, it has negative consequences.
Video examples
Dean Kamen: New...
we made small enough to fit on a 50th percentile female, so that we could put it in any of these people. It's going to go inside something that we use in CAT scans and MRIs of whatever is their good arm,
Video examples
Dean Kamen: The emotion...
50th percentile female frame. "And it's going to be completely self contained including all its power." So, they finished that. And I, as you can tell, am a bashful guy. I told them they're nuts.
Video examples
"Stumbling towards...
and then of course that dramatic difference of the 25, 40 and 35 percentile. But of course, what is the neural network that is helping to bridge and build these different discrepancies?
Video examples
The power of believing...
scored in the 95th percentile on the national achievement test. Many of those kids could not hold a pencil
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Elizabeth Thornton
Canadian Writer
Many high school students are under so much competitive pressure. They are sometimes taught that if they don't have a 4.0 GPA, score in the 99th percentile on admissions tests, and demonstrate leadership in sports and participate in clubs, they won't get into college anywhere. Even highly credentialed professionals get caught up in this.
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Derek Bok
American Lawyer
Although professors regard improving critical thinking as the most important goal of college, tests reveal that seniors who began their studies with average critical thinking skills have progressed only from the 50th percentile of entering freshmen to about the 69th percentile.
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Maggie Gallagher
American Writer
The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points.
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Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
I tested in the top percentile for IQ, but I couldn't tie my shoes or really ride a bike without training wheels until I was almost 7.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
I'm in that lucky percentile where I can worry about how I want to shape my career. That's a wonderful place to be.
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Chad Kroeger
Canadian Musician
It's a small percentile of people who see one dime out of the music business.
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Elizabeth Thornton
Canadian Writer
Many high school students are under so much competitive pressure. They are sometimes taught that if they don't have a 4.0 GPA, score in the 99th percentile on admissions tests, and demonstrate leadership in sports and participate in clubs, they won't get into college anywhere. Even highly credentialed professionals get caught up in this.
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Derek Bok
American Lawyer
Although professors regard improving critical thinking as the most important goal of college, tests reveal that seniors who began their studies with average critical thinking skills have progressed only from the 50th percentile of entering freshmen to about the 69th percentile.
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Maggie Gallagher
American Writer
The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6 percentile points.
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Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
I tested in the top percentile for IQ, but I couldn't tie my shoes or really ride a bike without training wheels until I was almost 7.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
I'm in that lucky percentile where I can worry about how I want to shape my career. That's a wonderful place to be.
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Chad Kroeger
Canadian Musician
It's a small percentile of people who see one dime out of the music business.
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