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  • The 90th percentile means you are in the top 10% of the data.
    True
  • Percentiles help in identifying outliers in a dataset.
    True
  • If you are at the 60th percentile in a competition, you performed worse than 60% of participants.
    False
  • Percentiles are helpful in understanding trends in large sets of data.
    True
  • A percentile rank of 80 means you scored higher than 80% of the group.
    True
  • Percentiles divide data into 50 equal parts.
    False
  • Percentiles are useful for comparing test scores across different groups.
    True
  • Percentiles are commonly used in growth charts for children.
    True
  • The 50th percentile always represents the lowest score in a dataset.
    False
  • The 25th percentile is also called the first quartile (Q1).
    True
  • The 10th percentile is always higher than the 90th percentile.
    False
  • A person at the 95th percentile for height is shorter than 95% of the population.
    False
  • Percentiles can only be used for academic test scores.
    False
  • Percentiles and percentages mean the same thing in statistics.
    False
  • The 99th percentile means only 1% of the data is above you.
    True
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