Statistics & Probability · Level 1 of 5
Median
A value dividing ordered observations into lower and upper halves.
It is less sensitive to extreme values than the mean.
Example
The middle of one, two, and one hundred is two.
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Median. A value dividing ordered observations into lower and upper halves. It is less sensitive to extreme values than the mean. For example: The middle of one, two, and one hundred is two.
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