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Decile Definition & Meaning

decile
noun
  1. (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores

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What does decile mean?
(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
What part of speech is decile?
Decile is a noun.

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