median

median
The midpoint of a *population of data arranged in ascending or descending order. The median is calculated by taking the item of a set of numbers at which there is an equal number of items with a value above it as below it. For example, the median of five individual sales transactions of $5, $10, $15, $20, and $30 is $15, as there are two items above it ($20 and $30) and two items below it ($10 and $15). The median differs from the *mean in that it is less affected by large items. If, in our example, the sale of $30 were replaced by one of $150, the median would be unchanged. See also *mode.

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