The Overall Percentile Rank versus the Individual Percentile Ranks

Authors
Paik, Minja Nebenzahl, Elliott
Citation
Paik, Minja et Nebenzahl, Elliott, The Overall Percentile Rank versus the Individual Percentile Ranks, American statistician , 41(2), 1987, pp. 136-138
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
41
Issue
2
Year of publication
1987
Pages
136 - 138
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
An interesting phenomenon occurs when the percentile rank of the sum of two scores is expressed as a function of the percentile ranks of individual scores.The article discusses their interrelationships under two separate models for the bivariate distribution.