The difference between Octile and Percentile

When used as nouns, octile means any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets, whereas percentile means any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

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  1. Octile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the quantiles that divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets.

  2. Octile as a noun (statistics, by extension):

    A subset thus obtained.

  3. Octile as a noun (astronomy):

    An octant.

  1. Percentile as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population.

  2. Percentile as a noun (statistics):

    Any one of the hundred groups so divided.

    Examples:

    "He is highly intelligent – he has an IQ in the top percentile."

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