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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What is the difference between percentage and percentile??
  

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Generally, a percentage is a partial quantity while a percentile is a classification. Percentile : one of the 100 equal groups that a large number of people or things are divided into for comparing something such as test scores, height, salaries, etc. Percentage : a rate or proportion per hundred; a proportion in general.

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  • Generally, a percentage is a partial quantity while a percentile is a classification.
  • Percentile : one of the 100 equal groups that a large number of people or things are divided into for comparing something such as test scores, height, salaries, etc.
  • Percentage : a rate or proportion per hundred; a proportion in general.
  • A large percentage of the class graduated.
  • I was in the 89th percentile.
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Generally, a percentage is a partial quantity while a percentile is a classification.

Percentile: one of the 100 equal groups that a large number of people or things are divided into for comparing something such as test scores, height, salaries, etc.

Percentage: a rate or proportion per hundred; a proportion in general.

A large percentage of the class g
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That's a good question.

Thanks Mister Micawber for your answer.

So my understanding is that we can have 89.5 percentage but we cannot have 89.5 percentile.

Am I right?

Thanks
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Percentiles can be defined however the researcher wishes. However, it is a point on the scale: the 89.5th percentile is neither the 89th percentile nor the 90th percentile. 89.5 percent includes everything less than that.
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