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PERCENTILE

Definition of PERCENTILE

Returns the value at a given percentile of a dataset.

Sample Usage

PERCENTILE(A2:A100,A2)

PERCENTILE(A2:A100,0.67)

Syntax

PERCENTILE(data, percentile)

  • data - The array or range containing the dataset to consider.

  • percentile - The percentile whose value within data will be calculated and returned.

Notes

  • The value returned by PERCENTILE is not necessarily a member of data as this function interpolates between values to calculate the alpha percentile.

  • The 50th percentile, that is setting percentile to 0.5 is equivalent to using MEDIAN with the same dataset.

See Also

SMALL: Returns the nth smallest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

RANK: Returns the rank of a specified value in a dataset.

QUARTILE: Returns a value nearest to a specified quartile of a dataset.

PERCENTRANK: Returns the percentage rank (percentile) of a specified value in a dataset.

MINA: Returns the minimum numeric value in a dataset.

MIN: Returns the minimum value in a numeric dataset.

MEDIAN: Returns the median value in a numeric dataset.

MAXA: Returns the maximum numeric value in a dataset.

MAX: Returns the maximum value in a numeric dataset.

LARGE: Returns the nth largest element from a data set, where n is user-defined.

AVERAGEA: Returns the numerical average value in a dataset.

AVERAGE: Returns the numerical average value in a dataset, ignoring text.

In order to use the PERCENTILE formula, start with your edited Excellentable

Then type in the PERCENTILE Formula in area you would like to display the outcome:

Type in the complete PERCENTILE formula for a cell as shown below:

Excellentable will generate the outcome when hitting enter. 

A
B
C
D
1
State
Probability
Mean
Values
2
Alabama
10
4
1
3
Alaska
1
3
3
4
Arizona
10
5
2
5
Arkansas
9
10
4
6
California
7
2
0.65
7
Colorado
8
9
0.35
8
Connecticut
6
1
0.25
9
Delaware
4
7
0.01
10
11
1.9

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