Distinguish between:

Deciles and Percentiles.

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Deciles Percentiles
(i) Deciles are the values that divide the series into 10 equal parts. (i) Percentiles are the values that divide the series into 100 equal parts.
(ii) These are the 9 values that divide the distribution into 10 parts. (ii) These are the 99 values that divide the distribution into 100 parts.
(iii) It is denoted by D1 , D2 , D3 , ……. D9 (iii) It is denoted by P1 , P2 , P3 , ……… P99
(iv) 5th Decile is median. (iv) 50th percentile is median.

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