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- Dictionarymedian/ˈmiːdɪən/
adjective
- 1. denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it: "the median duration of this treatment was four months"
- 2. situated in the middle, especially of the body: technical "the median part of the sternum"
noun
- 1. the median value of a range of values: "acreages ranged from one to fifty-two with a median of twenty-four"
- 2. the strip of land between the carriageways of a motorway or other major road; a central reservation. North American
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Learn what is median, how to calculate it for ungrouped and grouped data, and why it is a measure of central tendency. See examples, formulas, and practice problems on median.
The median of a set of numbers is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution. For a data set, it may be thought of as the “middle" value.
Learn the meaning of median as an adjective, noun, and land feature in mathematics, medical, and business contexts. See how to use median in sentences and compare it with other statistical measures.
4 Mac 2024 · Learn what the median is and how to calculate it for a sorted list of numbers. The median is the middle value that divides the data into two equal parts and is less affected by outliers than the mean.
Learn how to calculate and interpret the mean, median, and mode of a numerical data set. The median is the middle value when the data is sorted, and it can be found by using different formulas depending on the number of data points.
2 Okt 2020 · Learn how to calculate the median for quantitative and ordinal data with odd or even numbers of values. The median is the value that separates the lowest 50% from the highest 50% of a dataset.
Learn what is the median of a sorted list of numbers and how to calculate it. See examples, diagrams and formulas for finding the middle value or averaging two middle values.
