Most mom's have a good handle on this as well. When taking the
child to the doctor for the first few times, the doc will always
let her know where the child stands-----"No need to worry mom,
Suzy is in the 95 %tile......."


On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:42:39PM -0600, Robert N. Eaton wrote:
 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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