percentile

A percentile α is a number such that α% of our (quantitative) observations fall at or below this number when ranked from smallest to largest

The median is the 50th percentile

Other notable percentiles include:

  1. Minimum
  2. 25th percentile or first quartile (Q1) ---see IQR
  3. 75th percentile or third quartile (Q3) ---seeIQR
  4. Maximum