Percentile (Centile)

is a measure of relative
standing
it is a descriptive measure of
the relationship of a
measurement to the rest of the
data
it is also called PERCENTAGE
(%)
 is a measure used in statistics
indicating the value below which
a given percentage of
observations in a group of
observations fall
 is a point in the distribution
such that a given number of
cases is below it

st th
1 quartile 25
percentile
 nd th
2 quartile 50
percentile
rd th
3 quartile 75
percentile
th
4 quartile 100 th

percentile
First, a probability value corresponds to
an area under the normal curve
Second, in the Table of Areas Under the
Normal Curve, the numbers in the extreme
left and across the top are z-scores, which
are the distances along the horizontal
scale. The numbers in the body of the
table are areas or probabilities
Third, the z-scores to the left of the mean
are negative values