Question

training was conducted for 400 employees of the organization. after the training, a test was conducted for 40 marks to evaluate their performance. mr. suraj secured 35 marks in the test and stood 5th among the employees. compute the percentage and percentile of suraj. explain the purpose of computing percentage and percentile. what do you infer from the values.

Answer 1

To calculate the percentage, divide the marks secured by Mr. Suraj by the total marks and multiply by 100. The percentile is calculated based on the position of Mr. Suraj's performance relative to other employees.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the percentage, we divide the marks secured by Mr. Suraj by the total marks and multiply by 100. In this case, the percentage will be (35/40) * 100 = 87.5%.

To calculate the percentile, we need to know the number of employees who secured fewer marks than Mr. Suraj. As he stood 5th among the employees, there are 4 employees who secured more marks than him. So, his percentile can be calculated as (4/400) * 100 = 1%.

Percentage represents the proportion or fraction of marks secured by Mr. Suraj out of the total marks. Percentile, on the other hand, represents the position of Mr. Suraj's performance relative to other employees. In this case, Mr. Suraj scored 87.5%, meaning he secured 87.5% of the total marks. His percentile is 1%, indicating that he performed better than 1% of the employees.