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Chapter 2: Q. 2.21 (page 95)

During a season, the 40thpercentile for points scored per player in a game is eight. Interpret the 40thpercentile in the context of this situation.

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It's worth noting that the percentile doesn't always equal the value of an observation because it's calculated using sample data. As a result, the percentile may not correspond to any of the data points. The 40thpercentile is 8, thus the data below is $40percent and the data above is $60percent.

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Introduction

The number above that number is 60%observation, and the number below that number is40% observation, according to the season 40th percentile.

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Explanation

We split the population into 100subparts, and the above to percentile value is 100*(1-p)%observation, and the below to percentile value is 100*p%observation. where 0is the starting point

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