pencitile

English translation: percentil

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:percentil
English translation:percentil
Entered by: Lorena Riquelme

17:49 Dec 6, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Mathematics & Statistics
Spanish term or phrase: pencitile
Buen día colegas.

Estoy traduciendo un programa de estudios de la carrera de psicología de español a inglés, y en una unidad sobre estadística y aritmética, mencionan: ojivas, cuartiles, pencitiles.

No tengo idea de estadística y como no encuentro por ningún lado "pencitiles" se me ocurre que puede haber un typo. Pero repito, lo digo desde mi ignorancia en el tema.

Desde ya les agradezco su ayuda.
Lorena Riquelme
Mexico
Local time: 13:36
percentile
Explanation:
It's almost certainly a typo. It should be "percentiles", which the RAE deeines as: "Valor que divide un conjunto ordenado de datos estadísticos de forma que un porcentaje de tales datos sea inferior a dicho valor. Así, un individuo en el percentil 80 está por encima del 80% del grupo a que pertenece."
Selected response from:

Peter Clews
Spain
Local time: 21:36
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias, pclews.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2percentile
Peter Clews
4quintil
David Russi


  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
percentile


Explanation:
It's almost certainly a typo. It should be "percentiles", which the RAE deeines as: "Valor que divide un conjunto ordenado de datos estadísticos de forma que un porcentaje de tales datos sea inferior a dicho valor. Así, un individuo en el percentil 80 está por encima del 80% del grupo a que pertenece."

Peter Clews
Spain
Local time: 21:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias, pclews.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ael: Yes, I think so too. It´s spelled "percentil" in Spanish (the singular form).
49 mins

agree  Roberto Servadei: Sí, es percentil
1 hr
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
quintil


Explanation:
probably meant "pentile" = "quintile"

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pentile


Google Answers: Is "pentile" a word?
Recently, in a discussion about statistics, he used the word "pentile" when I believe he meant "quintile" (i.e., one of five segments of a distribution that ...
local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=593441 - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF]
EXECUTIVE
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
(members should note that the correct term for a fifth is a “Quintile” and the. word “Pentile” was coined in error. Pentile has, however, passed into ...
www.teignbridge.gov.uk/media.cfm?mediaid=3912 - Similar pages
BIQUINTILE
[Prefix bi- quintile: compare to the French expression biquintile.]. ... Oversubtile, Pantile, Pentile, Plectile, Pontile, Productile, Quartile, Quintile, ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Bi/Biquintile.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
Inutile
... Oversubtile, Pantile, Pentile, Plectile, Pontile, Productile, Quartile, Quintile, Sculptile, Sectile, Semisextile, Subtile, Sutile, unfertile, utile. ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/inutile - 66k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.websters-online-dictionary.org ]
Slouching towards Sierra Leone? | MetaFilter
The poorest quintile - in after tax income - IS REALLY GETTING POORER. ..... Just how poor the bottom "pentile" are is a separate question entirely, ...
www.metafilter.com/22844/Slouching-towards-Sierra-Leone - 165k - Cached - Similar pages
UMBRATILE
... futile, infantile, infertile, inutile, mercantile, Octile, Oversubtile, Pantile, Pentile, Plectile, Pontile, Productile, Pulsatile, Quartile, Quintile, ...
www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/UM/UM... - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 days7 hrs (2007-12-09 01:17:28 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

I really think you need to consult with the client on this, because it could reasonably be both options given here. Suerte!

David Russi
United States
Local time: 13:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 31
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also:
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search