Percentile is greater-than, and percentile rank is less-than-or-equal, right?
So:
- n'th percentile: x > n%- percentile rank n: x <= n%
As a side-note, I cannot hear what the person says initially before saying "Trump".
EDIT: The nomenclature of these definitions seems a bit weird to me. I wonder what the origins of them are.
EDIT2: I think my questions and description above is wrong, and that Ladimir_Wewtin is wrong about parts as well, at least from semi-quick glancing and consideration based on Wikipedia.
The "n'th percentile" does not refer to a range, but to a specific value, where n% of cases fall below that value, and (100%-n%) of cases fall above that value. The "n'th percentile" for a given distribution is a value. If a value is ___ at ___ the n'th percentile, it means that this value divides the given distribution with n% of cases below and (100%-n%) above.
Furthermore, saying that a value is ___ in ___ the n'th percentile means that that value is equal to or below the value of the n'th percentile. Which means that (if my understanding is correct) Ladimir_Wewtin is wrong about this latter part: "If you're in the 99th percentile, you scored higher than everyone else, meaning top 1%." . If your score is in the 99th percentile, your score is lower than the interval of values of the top 1% scores.
I do not know what percentile rank refers to - I am not certain that Wikipedia is even consistent reg. the definitions (at a semi-quick glance, the definitions of percentile rank in different pages there might be inconsistent...).
You came to the wrong place to talk semantics about what these idiots might have meant... you know these freaks are not playing with full decks.. therefore you can conclude they are nowhere near the smartest.. and to me if you're in the top 99% you're saying that anywhere from 1-99.. you're in there... otherwise you're in the top 1%...which is different than top 99th percentile and top 1 percentile.. the top 1% is the very top... the top 1 percentile means at the very bottom of stupid the bottom. 1% you're at the top of that..
"My BMI is in the top 1 percentile of people on this planet."
"My BMI is 1 percent of this planet"
Agreed, but it's the use of "top" that throws it off. Usually you would say "99th percentile" or "top 1%", but "top 99th percentile" sounds odd.
"the top 1 percentile"
This person: clearly he means the bottom percentile
Percentile is greater-than, and percentile rank is less-than-or-equal, right?So:- n'th percentile: x > n%- percentile rank n: x <= n%As a side-note, I cannot hear what the person says initially before saying "Trump".
EDIT: The nomenclature of these definitions seems a bit weird to me. I wonder what the origins of them are.EDIT2: I think my questions and description above is wrong, and that Ladimir_Wewtin is wrong about parts as well, at least from semi-quick glancing and consideration based on Wikipedia.
The "n'th percentile" does not refer to a range, but to a specific value, where n% of cases fall below that value, and (100%-n%) of cases fall above that value. The "n'th percentile" for a given distribution is a value. If a value is ___ at ___ the n'th percentile, it means that this value divides the given distribution with n% of cases below and (100%-n%) above.
Furthermore, saying that a value is ___ in ___ the n'th percentile means that that value is equal to or below the value of the n'th percentile. Which means that (if my understanding is correct) Ladimir_Wewtin is wrong about this latter part: "If you're in the 99th percentile, you scored higher than everyone else, meaning top 1%." . If your score is in the 99th percentile, your score is lower than the interval of values of the top 1% scores.
I do not know what percentile rank refers to - I am not certain that Wikipedia is even consistent reg. the definitions (at a semi-quick glance, the definitions of percentile rank in different pages there might be inconsistent...).
You are in the 1 percentile of people who don’t understand and at the same time try to explain to everyone else that they don’t understand
It is A. “Top 1%” Or B. “The 99th percentile”.... “The top 99th percentile” is jibberish....
You came to the wrong place to talk semantics about what these idiots might have meant... you know these freaks are not playing with full decks.. therefore you can conclude they are nowhere near the smartest.. and to me if you're in the top 99% you're saying that anywhere from 1-99.. you're in there... otherwise you're in the top 1%...which is different than top 99th percentile and top 1 percentile.. the top 1% is the very top... the top 1 percentile means at the very bottom of stupid the bottom. 1% you're at the top of that..