Percentile

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020508",
  "term": "Percentile",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any one of the points dividing a distribution of values into parts, each of which contains 1/100 of the values. For example, the 75th percentile is a value such that 75 percent of the values are less than or equal to it.\n\n2. Any one of the points dividing a distribution of values into parts, each of which contains 1/100 of the values. For example, the 75th percentile is a value such that 75 percent of the values are less than or equal to it. [EPA 2004]\n\n3. Percentiles values that divide the rank order of data into 100 equal parts. [NZ 2002]\n\n4. Any one of the points dividing a distribution of values into parts that each contain 1/100 of the values. For example, the 75th percentile is a value such that 75 percent of the values are less than or equal to it. In this assessment, the distribution of values represented (national, state, or county percentiles) depends on the presentation format of the results (map, bar chart, or data table).\n\n5. Any one of the points dividing a set of values into parts that each contain 1/100 of the values. For example, the 75th percentile is a value such that 75 percent of the values are less than or equal to it.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "EPA 2004",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Glossary",
    "National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) Glossary; AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/percentile/"
}