percentile rank
Where a value sits within a comparison group.
What percentile rank does not show
Only meaningful with the group described, since a rank against a seeded corpus is not a rank against the web.
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Questions about percentile rank
What is percentile rank?
Where a value sits within a comparison group.
What does percentile rank not show or guarantee?
Only meaningful with the group described, since a rank against a seeded corpus is not a rank against the web.
Which area of the glossary does percentile rank belong to?
Measurement and evidence: The vocabulary for saying how strongly something is known.
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