Percentiles Can Be Converted into Quintiles and Deciles,where Quintiles Divide

question 169

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Percentiles can be converted into quintiles and deciles,where quintiles divide the data into fifths,and deciles divide the data into tenths.

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Definitions:

Standard of Living

The extent of financial well-being, luxury, material objects, and fundamental requirements available to an identified socioeconomic class or geographical zone.

CPI

This index measures the average prices across a specified set of consumer goods and services, weighted accordingly, to serve as a benchmark for inflation, known as the Consumer Price Index.

Consumer Price Index

A measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food, and medical care, used to estimate the economy's inflation rate.

Inflation Rate

The annual percentage increase in the general price level of goods and services, reflecting the rate at which the purchasing power of currency is eroded.