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Percentiles
Pertaining to percentage. Each of a series of values pertained by dividing a large number of quantities into a hundred equal groups in order of magnitude (courtesy of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary).
Deciles
A tenth part ...

 


When percentiles are estimated by ranking the items of a finite sample, the percentile generally falls between two of the observed values, and the midway value is often taken. (From Bureau of Meteorology glossary) ...

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