PERCENTILE Function

Returns the value of a given percentile in a range
Sample usage
PERCENTILE(Data:Data, .75)

Syntax

PERCENTILE(range, percentile)
  • range—
    The group of cells to evaluate
  • percentile—
    A decimal number between 0 and 1 representing the percentile to return
Examples

This formula returns 92 as the 50th percentile for this range of data. 

=PERCENTILE(Scores1:Scores6, 0.5)

Percentile formula example

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