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Percentile(Series,Int32) Method
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s
A statistical series.
percentile
A value between 1 and 100 which reprezent the value of the percetile.
Calculates the n-th percentile of the series's elements YValues.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Overloads Shared Function Percentile( _
   ByVal s As Series, _
   ByVal percentile As Integer _
) As Element
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim s As Series
Dim percentile As Integer
Dim value As Element
 
value = StatisticalEngine.Percentile(s, percentile)
C# 
public static Element Percentile( 
   Series s,
   int percentile
)

Parameters

s
A statistical series.
percentile
A value between 1 and 100 which reprezent the value of the percetile.

Remarks

Recall that the percentile is the value such that at least interest-percent of the data set items are less than or equal to this value, or equivalently if at least (100-interest) percent of the items are greater than or equal to this value.

Remarks:

  1. The 50-th percentile is the measure of centrality of a data set known as the median. The median can also be evaluated using FinancialMedian.
  2. The 25-th, 50-th, 75-th percentiles are often referred to as the 1-st, 2-nd (median) and 3-rd quartile respectively. The term quartile refers to the fact that these three values will roughly divide the data set considered into four equal parts.

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