.If you are at the 90th percentile in terms of GPA, then 90% of the sample has a lower GPA than you. In contrast, 10% of the sample has a higher GPA than you. True or false?

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.If you are at the 90th percentile in terms of GPA, then 90% of the sample has a lower GPA than you. In contrast, 10% of the sample has a higher GPA than you. True or false?

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Percentile is the number such that certain percentage of data fall below that number.

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40th percentile is the number such that 40% of the data below that number and 60% above that number. 

 

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