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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(statistics) Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions..
Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.
high (30) & very high (10) pentiles not analyzed in IRP Apply pentiling to streamflows at all hydro plant locations from American Falls to Brownlee inflow (i.e. years comprising a pentile at Brownlee are those comprising the pentile at all locations)
Apply pentiling to streamflows at all hydro plant locations from American Falls to Brownlee inflow (i.e. years comprising a pentile at Brownlee are those comprising the pentile at all locations)
Use pentile when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pentile means (statistics) Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.
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