Manuals/calci/PERCENTRANK

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PERCENTRANK(ar,x)


  • is the array data and is the value

Description

  • This function gives the percentage rank of a value in a given set of numbers.
  • To calculate the relative standing of a data set we can use this function.
  • For example, a test score that is greater than or equal to 50% of the scores of people taking the test is said to be at the 50th percentile rank.
  • Percentile ranks are commonly used to clarify the interpretation of scores on standardized tests.
  • To find the percentile rank of a score is :

Where, = Number of below rank, = Number of same rank, = Total numbers.

  • In Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle PERCENTRANK(ar,x)} , Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle ar} is the array of numeric values and Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x} is the value to find the rank.
  • This function gives the result as error when array is empty .

Examples

1.

Spreadsheet
A B C D
1 3 4 1 2 1
=PERCENTRANK(A1:A5,2) = 0.5

2.

Spreadsheet
A B C D E F
1 7 6 2 5 9 1
=PERCENTRANK(B1:B6,3) = 0.267

See Also

References

Percentile Rank