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Pentile vs Quintile - What's the difference?

pentile | quintile |

In statistics terms the difference between pentile and quintile

is that pentile is any one of the five groups while quintile is any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.

pentile

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (statistics) 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.
  • (statistics) Any one of the five groups.
  • *Her income placed her in the lowest pentile of the income distribution.

    • See also

    * quartile * decile * percentile

    References

    * [http://www.idahopower.com/pdfs/energycenter/irp/2006/Presentation111705.pdf][http://www.google.com/search?as_q=pentile&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=percentile&as_eq=dictionary+matrix+pixel+rgbw&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images] ----

    quintile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
  • (by extension) A subset thus obtained.
  • (astrology) An aspect of planets that are distant from each other by one fifth of a zodiac (72°)

    • Synonyms

    * fifth

    Coordinate terms

    * quantile ** centile/percentile ** vigintile ** duodecile ** decile ** nonile ** octile ** septile ** sextile ** quintile ** quartile ** tercile/tertile

    Anagrams

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