What does a percentile mean ?
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68 Views|Posted 2014-01-10 12:33:44
Asked by Ajinkya Deshpande
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2014-01-10 16:47:28
Hi,
Percentile is not equivalent to percent, and I don't think the quoted text is using it in quite the right way (it's abusing the term Darwinism as well, but I guess that's for a separate question).
A percentage is simply a representation of a proportion out of 100. To say three out of every six
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