Meaning of pentile | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
2. Any one of the five groups.

Examples

“Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.”

“high (30) & very high (10) pentiles not analyzed in IRP Apply pentiling to streamflows at all hydro plant locations from American Falls to Brownlee inflow (i.e. years comprising a pentile at Brownlee are those comprising the pentile at all locations)”

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