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Is the median the 50th percentile?

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What is the same as the 50th percentile of a distribution?

The Median is the same as the 50th percentile of a distribution.


The percentile rank of the median is?

50th


What percentile does the 5th Decile correspond to?

50th percentile or median


What is the corresponding median value of percentile quartile and deciale?

Median = 50th percentile or 2nd quartile or 5th decile.


What is the 50th percentile of a quantitative data set called?

The Median


Is the 50th percentile of a distribution the same as the distribution mean?

Mean = average and median = the middle value in an array of all values received. So to answer your question the 50th percentile of a distribution is the same as median.


Is the median is the same thing as the 50th percentile?

Only if the dataset (distribution) you are dealing with in symmetric.


Is the mean 50 percentile of any normal distribution?

Yes, the mean (and median and mode) is the 50th percentile of any normal distribution.


What does the 35th percentile mean?

35% of values lie below the 35th percentile. The median (middle value) is the 50th percentile, 50% lie below it and 50% above.


What is another name for the 25th percentile?

There is no other name for the 25th quartile. The 50th is known as the median though but the 75th quartile also doesn't have another name.


Find z score for normal distribution for 50th percentile?

Answer: 0 The z score is the value of the random variable associated with the standardized normal distribution (mean = 0, standard deviation =1). Now, the median and the mean of a normal distribution are the same. The 50 percentile z score = the median = mean = 0.


Can you use the median to determine percentage?

The median is the 50% percentile.