Difference between revisions of "Percentile Command"

Revision as of 14:11, 14 December 2012

Percentile[<List of Numbers>, <Percent>]: Let P equal the given Percent.; 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:
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.

Percentile[{1, 2, 3, 4}, 0.25] yields 1.25.

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 : Let P equal the given ''Percent''.
 :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>}}
+:{{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.
-::{{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=<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''.}} }}