being in the 40 percentile means that 40 percent of the population is the same as you are in this particular factor. This means that 60 percent of the population is different.
You're smarter than the average bear: IQ around 131 or higher as compared to those your age.
It is the 31st percentile.
Mean.
It means that 85% of people are under it
being in the 40 percentile means that 40 percent of the population is the same as you are in this particular factor. This means that 60 percent of the population is different.
UCSB's 2014 25th-75th percentile ACT scores are 23-30 on the English section, 24-30 on the Math section, and 24-30 Composite.
IIT's 2014 25th-75th percentile ACT scores are 24-30 on the English section, 25-30 on the Math section, and 24-30 Composite.
Yes, the mean (and median and mode) is the 50th percentile of any normal distribution.
You would need to know how many questions were on the original test and what number of questions correct would be in the 8.6 percentile. Most tests do not give this data. If you can find it out, then number right / total number on test x 100 gives the percentage. 50 percentile might mean a 70% if it was an average test, or for a hard test 10 percentile might mean a 30%. Without the above information you cannot directly convert one to the other.
You would need to know how many questions were on the original test and what number of questions correct would be in the 8.6 percentile. Most tests do not give this data. If you can find it out, then number right / total number on test x 100 gives the percentage. 50 percentile might mean a 70% if it was an average test, or for a hard test 10 percentile might mean a 30%. Without the above information you cannot directly convert one to the other.
A low percentile indicates that a person's score is below that of a certain percentage of the group being compared. For example, being in the 10th percentile means that an individual's score is lower than 90% of the group. It suggests that they are performing worse compared to others in that specific context.
It is the minimum value.
35% of values lie below the 35th percentile. The median (middle value) is the 50th percentile, 50% lie below it and 50% above.
A 99.6 percentile means that 99.6% of the data in the sample is at or below the data point given.
Juniata's 2014 25th-75th percentile ACT scores are 23-30 on the English section, 22-28 on the Math section, and 23-30 Composite.
USD's 2014 25th-75th percentile ACT scores are 25-31 on the English section, 25-30 on the Math section, and 25-30 Composite.