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How to Convert Between Z-Scores and Percentiles in Excel
March 30, 2020 - It turns out that a z-score of 1.78 corresponds to a percentile of roughly 96.2. In plain English, this means a data value that has a z-score of 1.78 is larger than roughly 96.2% of all other data values in the dataset. We can use the following built-in Excel function to convert a percentile to a z-score:
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percentile from z score | MrExcel Message Board
November 15, 2017 - This is what I took from the CDC site Z=(((X/M)^L)-1)/(L*S) where X is the BMI. I am using the bimage (BMI for age) table to get the values for L M & S. I cannot always match the results I get from their online calculator.
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How to convert percentile to Z-score?
z-score =NORMSINV(percentile) edited: thanks @AndroidMasterZ More on reddit.com
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z-score percentile for normal distribution
Where on earth do the z-scores on this table come from? they're values of the inverse of the cdf (quantile function) for a standard normal distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution#Quantile_function Say I wanted to get the z-score for the 1.5th percentile. Is this doable? Sure, any decent stats package will have it. For example in R it would be qnorm(1.5/100) which gives -2.17009. You can even get it from Excel (e.g. see normsinv) Many numerical libraries offer either this function directly or the erf-1 function from which it can be obtained. Is there a formula somewhere for calculating these? Yes and no. If you want a simple closed form formula there isn't one. There are numerous approximations, but they're not really ideal for writing down easily; they're designed to be accurate as well as reasonably fast on computers but they're not designed for dealing with by humans; there are a bunch of approximations given in a number of papers. More on reddit.com
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Getting percentile from z-score
Yes, there most definitely is. The function you want is the normal cumulative distribution function (cdf) NORMSDIST if you already have the z-score. If you don't want to convert to z-score first, you can also use NORMDIST with the info you used to find the z-score. More on reddit.com
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Help calculating a percentile from a Z-score
There's little value out that far, since essentially nothing is close enough to normal for those numbers to be accurate. For what purpose do you need these values? when you say "percentiles" are you actually looking for the cdf, the ccdf (survivor function), the two-tailed area - outside (-6,6) and (-12,12) - or what? The upper tail areas (ccdf) are: > pnorm(c(6,12),lower.tail=FALSE) [1] 9.865876e-10 1.776482e-33 More on reddit.com
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Z scores & Percentiles - YouTube
Calculating z-scores and percentiles in excel
Published ย  October 24, 2015
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Excel: Revised Z-score and percentiles - YouTube
Demonstrates computing Z-scores and percentiles using Excel functions.
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Excel Tutorial: Z-scores and percentiles - YouTube
Demonstrates computing Z-scores and finding percentiles using Excel functions.
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Calculating Percentiles and Z scores in Excel - School Enrollment and Free Lunch Data - Part 1 - YouTube
This video is the first part of a two-part video tutorial that demonstrates how to calculate mean, standard deviation, z-scores, and percentile for nearly 13...
Published ย  January 12, 2021
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z-scores, percentiles and Excel
Percentiles and z-score Table (opens in new browser tab) If you want to work out a particular percentile, say 75%, you can use either of these Excel functions
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CDC
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Growth Charts - Percentile Data Files with LMS Values
These files contain the L, M, and S parameters needed to generate exact percentiles and z-scores along with the percentile values for the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th, 95th, and 97th percentiles by sex (1=male; 2=female) and single month of age. The smoothed 85th percentile values ...
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How to Calculate Percentiles in Excel | DataCamp
November 6, 2025 - This tutorial discusses what percentiles are, what they are used for, and how to calculate them in Excel, with examples.
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Solved: Z score to percentiles - Microsoft Fabric Community
June 10, 2022 - Rank = RANKX ( 'Z-Score', ... DENSE ) Percentile = DIVIDE ( CALCULATE ( COUNT ( 'Z-Score'[Z-Score] ), FILTER ( 'Z-Score', 'Z-Score'[Rank] > EARLIER ( 'Z-Score'[Rank] ) ) ), CALCULATE ( COUNT ( 'Z-Score'[Z-Score] ), ALL ( 'Z-Score' ) ) )...
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How to calculate the Z score in Excel - Quora
For Example, you have data in your column A, then in column B, you can calculate z-score against each value with formula as follows: =(A1-AVERAGE($A$1:$A$10))/STDEV.P($A$1:$A$10) Note that STDEV.P returns standard deviation of population.
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PERCENTILE function - Microsoft Support
Although this function is still available for backward compatibility, you should consider using the new functions from now on, because this function may not be available in future versions of Excel. For more information about the new functions, see PERCENTILE.EXC function and PERCENTILE.INC function. ... If k is non-numeric, PERCENTILE returns the #VALUE! error value. If k is < 0 or if k > 1, PERCENTILE returns the #NUM! error value. If k is not a multiple of 1/(n - 1), PERCENTILE interpolates to determine the value at the k-th percentile.
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How to Calculate Percentile Rank in Excel (With Examples)
March 29, 2022 - by Zach Bobbitt Posted on Last updated on March 29, 2022 ยท You can use the PERCENTRANK function in Excel to calculate the rank of a value in a dataset as a percentage of the total dataset.
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r/googlesheets on Reddit: How to convert percentile to Z-score?
January 15, 2020 -

So I have data sets from the CDC that include a formula to calculate a variety of statistics for a given age using a given Z-score, but for my project it would be much easier if I could input a percentile and get the results for that percentile. How can I convert a percentile into its corresponding Z-score?

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Statistics How To
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Z-Score: Definition, Formula and Calculation - Statistics How To
June 26, 2025 - You can easily calculate a z-score on a TI-83 calculator or in Excel. However, if you donโ€™t have either, you can calculate it by hand.
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Statistics By Jim
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Z-score: Definition, Formula, and Uses - Statistics By Jim
June 3, 2025 - Calculate probabilities and percentiles using the standard normal distribution. In this post, I cover all these uses for z-scores along with using z-tables, z-score calculators, and I show you how to do it all in Excel.
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MeasuringU
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Z-Score to Percentile Calculator โ€“ MeasuringU
Download this calculator in an excel file or take a Crash course in Z-scores