Difference between revisions of "Percentile Command"

Latest revision as of 09:56, 12 October 2017

Percentile( <List of Numbers>, <Percent> ): Let P equal the given Percent.; Returns the value that cuts off the first P percent of the list of numbers, when the list is sorted in ascending order. Percent must be a number in the interval 0 < P ≤ 1.; Example: Percentile({1, 2, 3, 4}, 0.25) yields 1.25.

Note: The commands Quartile and Percentile use different rules and do not always return matching results.

Example: Q1({1, 2, 3, 4}) yields 1.5 whereas Percentile({1, 2, 3, 4}, 0.25) yields 1.25.

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+<noinclude>{{Manual Page|version=5.0}}</noinclude> {{command|statistics}}
-<noinclude>{{Manual Page|version=4.2}}</noinclude>
+;Percentile( &lt;List of Numbers>, <Percent> )
-{{command|statistics}}
+: Let ''P'' equal the given ''Percent''.
-;Percentile[<List of Numbers>, <Percent>]
+:Returns the value that cuts off the first ''P'' percent of the ''list of numbers'', when the list is sorted in ascending order.  ''Percent'' must be a number in the interval ''0 < P ≤ 1''.
-: Let P equal the given ''Percent''.
+:{{example|1=<code><nowiki>Percentile({1, 2, 3, 4}, 0.25)</nowiki></code> yields ''1.25''.}}
-:Returns the value that cuts off the first P percent of the number list when the list is sorted in ascending order.  ''Percent'' must be a number in the interval 0 < P ≤ 1.
-:{{example|1=<div><code><nowiki>Percentile[{1, 2, 3, 4}, 0.25]</nowiki></code> yields ''1.25''.</div>}}
-{{Note | 1= The commands Quartile and Percentile use different rules and do not always return matching results.
+{{Note | 1= The commands [[Q1_Command|Quartile]] and Percentile use different rules and do not always return matching results.
-::{{example|1=<div><code><nowiki>Q1[{1, 2, 3, 4}]</nowiki></code> yields ''1.5''.</div> <code><nowiki>Percentile[{1, 2, 3, 4}, 0.25]</nowiki></code> yields ''1.25''.}} }}
+::{{example|1=<code><nowiki>Q1({1, 2, 3, 4})</nowiki></code> yields ''1.5'' whereas <code><nowiki>Percentile({1, 2, 3, 4}, 0.25)</nowiki></code> yields ''1.25''.}} }}