Geography GCSE
Percentiles
What Percentiles means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Percentiles
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Reference: AQA
Divide a dataset into 100 equal parts, showing a value's relative position.
Topics that use Percentiles
- Statistical skills (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Critical evaluation
- Data reliability
- Inter-quartile range
- Statistical manipulation
- 90th percentile
- Cumulative frequency
- Graphical interpretation
- Mean
Using Percentiles in the exam
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