Question

Define Deciles.
Topic: Measures of Central Tendency

Answer 1

In statistics, a central tendency (or measure of central tendency) is acentral or typical value for a probability distribution. ... A central tendency can be calculated for either a finite set of values or for a theoretical distribution, such as the normal distribution.

Answer 2

A decile is any of the nine values separating the data sorted into ten equal parts.

• A decile breaks the sorted data into ten equal parts to represent 1/10 of the survey or population in each section.
• A decile is one potential quantile form; in which the other quartile and percentile divisions are included.
• A decile level arranges the information from the lowest to the highest data and takes place on a scale of one to ten where each consecutive number corresponds to a 10 percentage point rise.