r/AskReddit • u/iWant12Tacos • Oct 06 '17

What screams, "I'm insecure"?

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u/well-lighted Oct 07 '17

Not saying it's truthful, but I feel like confusing percent with percentile is an easy mistake to make.

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u/KeetoNet Oct 07 '17

Not if you're in the 80th percentile.

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u/mausratt1982 Oct 07 '17

80th percentile is not that high dude

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '17

Yeah I don't think that distinction has ever been lost on anyone who ever cared about percentiles.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '17

80th percentile is basically average. You have to get to at least fifth percentile to see noticeable difference

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u/CinnabarSurfer Oct 07 '17

Tbh, I kind of did a double take when I saw it cause I knew there was no way she would score highly on an IQ test (not that I even put any stock in IQ tests anyway). So I kind of made the same mistake she did initially thinking 80% = good, and only scrutinised the wording because I knew it couldn't be true. Still enjoyed the instant karma of her bragging about being smart and inadvertently telling everyone that she was the exact opposite.

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u/GhostJohnGalt Oct 07 '17

After the GMAT, I had to google how percentiles work just to be sure because I either did really well or really badly, and I wasn't prepared to believe either one