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Median
Median
[
list
]
gives the median of the elements in
list
.
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Median
[
list
]
gives the center element in the sorted version of
list
, or the average of the two center elements if
list
is of even length.
Median
[{{
x
1
,
y
1
,
...
}, {
x
2
,
y
2
,
...
},
...
}]
gives
{Median[{
x
1
,
x
2
,
...
}], Median[{
y
1
,
y
2
,
...
}]}
.
Median
works with
SparseArray
objects.
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Basic Examples
(2)
Find the middle value in the list:
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Average the two middle values:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
Scope
(4)
Generalizations & Extensions
(1)
Applications
(2)
Properties & Relations
(4)
Possible Issues
(1)
SEE ALSO
Mean
Commonest
TrimmedMean
Quantile
MedianDeviation
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Max
Ordering
TUTORIALS
Basic Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
MORE ABOUT
Descriptive Statistics
Discrete & Integer Data
Math & Counting Operations on Lists
Numerical Data
Statistics
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