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Percentile




Thus:
  • The 1st percentile cuts off lowest 1% of data

  • The 98th percentile cuts off lowest 98% of data


This function can be found in different office applications. For instance, in Microsoft Excel , the function is ''percentile(array,k)'', and this returns the ''k''th percentile.

In more detail the calculation of a percentile may differ from application to application.