Complete Definition of "decile"

English
Noun
decile (plural deciles)

#statistics Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
#:Although few people scored high marks, everyone did quite well - the lowest decile was over 50%.

  1. Any one of the ten groups so divided.

#:Our school is in the top decile for exam results.

See also
centile
percentile
quantile
quartile

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