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Reason: Attempting to make the differences clearer.

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...).

257 days ago
3 score
Reason: Attempts to make part clearer and less ambiguous.

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...).

257 days ago
4 score
Reason: Improves formatting.

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 that value. 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...).

257 days ago
4 score
Reason: Fixes mistaken parts that I did.

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 that value. 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...).

257 days ago
4 score
Reason: Adds 'EDIT' section at bottom.

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.

257 days ago
1 score
Reason: Original

Percentile is greater-than, and percentile rank is less-than-or-equal, right?

So:

  • n'th percentile: x > n%
  • n'th percentile rank: x <= n%

As a side-note, I cannot hear what the person says initially before saying "Trump".

257 days ago
1 score