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somethinga9230k 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes, and I also describe that in my "EDIT2" section, namely that if a value is ___ in ___ the n'th percentile, it is equal to or below the value of the n'th percentile. Which, for your example, given that it uses ___ in ___ , not ___ at ___ , would mean that the given boy is not especially tall nor has an especially high weight.

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somethinga9230k 1 point ago +1 / -0

Could you describe in which way I am wrong, and/or give any sources reg. it?

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somethinga9230k 1 point ago +1 / -0

The source I am using myself is this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentile , with for instance:

The term percentile and the related term percentile rank are often used in the reporting of scores from norm-referenced tests. For example, if a score is at the 86th percentile, where 86 is the percentile rank, it is equal to the value below which 86% of the observations may be found (carefully contrast with in the 86th percentile, which means the score is at or below the value below which 86% of the observations may be found—every score is in the 100th percentile).

Though Wikipedia is of course often extremely wrong and/or intentionally extremely dishonest and manipulative.