As a former classroom teacher, vocational evaluator, voc-rehab counselor
and Mensa proctor, I have a nodding acquaintance with standardized
testing.  Common usage has it that if you scored better than 95% of all
tested in the standardizing group on a standardized test, you were said
to be in the 95th %ile rather than in the 5th %ile. One might accurately
claim to be in the top 5%, however.

My pedantry occasionally knows no bounds.

Bob Eaton 

Marc Chung wrote:
> 
> In high school, I was ranked at the 5th percentile in my state.  This was
> based on my academic performance, and means that out of all the students
> that I ranked with, I did better than 95% of them, and only 4% did better
> than I.
> 
> The same logic applies to this case.  Though you will be at the 95th
> percentile.  FYI:  A T1 is about 1.5Mbps (million bits per second), you'd
> be at the low end of a T1.
> 
> --
> Marc Chung [mchung@asu.edu]
> "I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately"
> 
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Justin Wilson wrote:
> 
> > This is a purely information only seeking question, sales people please do
> > not contact me unless you are answering the question.
> >
> > UUnet/Worldcom is offering me a "Burstable T-1" where I only pay for "the
> > amount of bandwidth that I use on a sustained basis (at the 95th
> > percentile)". What I want to know is what exactly does that mean? Also what
> > do they mean "at the 95th percentile".
> >
> > Has anyone used this service before? Would this be benifical to us if we
> > have a database driven site that averages around 5,000 hits a day?
> >
> > -Justin
> > justin@bigcity.nu
> >
> >
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