Uncertainties and ambiguities in percentiles and how to avoid them.

Authors :: Schreiber, Michael
Source :: Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology; Mar2013, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p640-643, 4p, 2 Graphs
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The recently proposed fractional scoring scheme is used to attribute publications to percentile rank classes. It is shown that in this way uncertainties and ambiguities in the evaluation of specific quantile values and percentile ranks do not occur. Using the fractional scoring the total score of all papers exactly reproduces the theoretical value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Language :: English
ISSN :: 15322882
Volume :: 64
Issue :: 3
Database :: Complementary Index
Journal :: Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 85652643
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.22752