Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well—the lowest decile was over 50%.
Our school is in the top decile for exam results.
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Decile — Décile En statistique descriptive, un décile est chacune des 9 valeurs qui divisent un jeu de données, triées selon une relation d ordre, en 10 parts égales, de sorte que chaque partie représente 1/10 de l échantillon de population. Calcul des… … Wikipédia en Français
décile — [ desil ] n. m. • 1947; du lat. decem ♦ Statist. 1 ♦ Chacune des neuf valeurs de la variable au dessous desquelles se classent respectivement 10%, 20%,... 90% des éléments d une distribution statistique. Le 5e décile se confond avec la médiane. 2 … Encyclopédie Universelle
decile — de‧cile [ˈdesl, saɪl ǁ ˈdɪsaɪl sl] noun [countable] STATISTICS in a set of variable S arranged in order of value, any variable that is equal to one tenth of the amount of the highest one see also median, percentile, quartile * … Financial and business terms
decile — 1670s in astrology; 1882 in statistics; from Fr. décile or M.L. *decilis, from L. decem ten on the model of quintilis, sextilis … Etymology dictionary
decile — [des′īl΄, des′il] n. [ DEC + ILE] Statistics any of the values which divide a frequency distribution into ten groups of equal frequency; also, any of these groups … English World dictionary
Décile — En statistique descriptive, un décile est chacune des 9 valeurs qui divisent un jeu de données, triées selon une relation d ordre, en 10 parts égales, de sorte que chaque partie représente 1/10 de l échantillon de population. Calcul des déciles… … Wikipédia en Français
Decile — Decil Dec il, Decile Dec ile, n. [F. d[ e]cil, fr. L. decem ten? cf. It. decile.] (Astrol.) An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36[deg] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
decile — UK [ˈdesaɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms decile : singular decile plural deciles maths one of the ten equal groups that a large number of people or things are divided into for comparing things such as test scores, height, salaries etc … English dictionary
decile — noun Etymology: Latin decem ten more at ten Date: 1882 any one of nine numbers that divide a frequency distribution into 10 classes such that each contains the same number of individuals; also any one of these 10 classes • decile adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Decile — In descriptive statistics, any of the nine values that divide the sorted data into ten equal parts, so that each part represents 1/10 of the sample or population In astrology, an aspect of 36 degrees See also Percentile Quantile Quartile Summary… … Wikipedia
