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dec·ile  (dsl, -l)
n. Statistics
1. Any one of the numbers or values in a series dividing the distribution of the individuals in the series into ten groups of equal frequency.
2. Any one of the ten groups.


decile [ˈdɛsɪl -aɪl]
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics
a.  one of nine actual or notional values of a variable dividing its distribution into ten groups with equal frequencies: the ninth decile is the value below which 90% of the population lie See also percentile
b.  a tenth part of a distribution
[from deca- + -ile]
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Noun1.decile - (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
mark, score, grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Translations
decile [ˈdesɪl] Ndecil m


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To indicate the spread of the integrated uncertainty distribution, we calculated the upper and lower deciles from the 1,000 simulations.
We classified both blood lead and urinary cadmium levels into deciles: Cutoff points of blood lead deciles were 1.
Observed outcomes were compared to predicted outcomes based on deciles of risk, generating a summary measure of the differences.
 
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