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<div style="font-size:30px">''' PERCENTILE(ar,k) '''</div><br/>
 
<div style="font-size:30px">''' PERCENTILE(ar,k) '''</div><br/>
*<math>ar</math>  is the array of data  
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*<math>ar</math>  is the array of data .
*<math> k </math> is the Percentile  
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*<math> k </math> is the Percentile value.
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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*The 25th percentile is called  as the first quartile (Q1), the 50th percentile as the median  quartile (Q2), and the 75th percentile as the third quartile (Q3).  
 
*The 25th percentile is called  as the first quartile (Q1), the 50th percentile as the median  quartile (Q2), and the 75th percentile as the third quartile (Q3).  
 
*In general, percentiles and quartiles are specific types of quantiles.
 
*In general, percentiles and quartiles are specific types of quantiles.
*In <math>PERCENTILE(ar,k), ar </math> is the array of data that indicating relative standing and <math>k </math> is the Percentile value in the range 0..1(inclusive).
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*In <math>PERCENTILE(ar,k), ar </math> is the array of data that indicating relative standing and <math>k </math> is the Percentile value in the range 0...1(inclusive).
 
*This function will return the result as error when  
 
*This function will return the result as error when  
 
  1. The array value is empty.
 
  1. The array value is empty.
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==References==
 
==References==
  
* [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile Percentile  ]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile Percentile  ]

Revision as of 00:59, 6 January 2014

PERCENTILE(ar,k)


  • is the array of data .
  • is the Percentile value.

Description

  • This function gives the k-th percentile value in a given range.
  • Percentile means any of the 100 equal parts into which the range of the values of a set of data can be divided in order to show the distribution of those values.
  • The percentile of a given value is determined by the percentage of the values that are smaller than that value.
  • For example we can the 25th percentile is the value below which 25 percent of the observations may be found.
  • The 25th percentile is called as the first quartile (Q1), the 50th percentile as the median quartile (Q2), and the 75th percentile as the third quartile (Q3).
  • In general, percentiles and quartiles are specific types of quantiles.
  • In is the array of data that indicating relative standing and is the Percentile value in the range 0...1(inclusive).
  • This function will return the result as error when
1. The array value is empty.
2. k is nonnumeric or k<0 or k>1.

Examples

  1. 5

7 2 9 PERCENTILE(C1:C4,0.4)=5.4

  1. 15

20 12 41 35 PERCENTILE(D1:D5,0.721)=33.26

  1. 2

3 4 PERCENTILE(A1:A3,1.1)=NAN

See Also

References