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The median is a measure of center. The middle number of a set of data is the median.
This measure is resistant.
The median is a 50th percentile (or “middle” quartile). Half of the data is below the median.
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How to calculate a median ?
With an uneven number of numbers
- Score: 7, 5, 8, 9, 5
- Ordered Score (after a sort): 5, 5, 7, 8, 9
The middle number is the third score, or 7, so the median of this data is 7.
With an even number of numbers
- Score: 5, 8, 9, 5
- Ordered Score: 5, 5, 8, 9
When there is an even number of numbers, there is no true value in the middle.
The median is then the mean of the two middle numbers of (5 + 8)=13/2 = 6,5.
If there are four students sitting in a row, the middle of the row is halfway between the second and third students.
Example
Python
def median(sequence):
isEven = True
if len(sequence) % 2 == 0:
isEven = True
else:
isEven = False
sequence.sort()
# - 1
index_average = int(round(len(sequence)/2))
if isEven:
median = (sequence[index_average-1]+sequence[index_average])/2.00
else:
median = sequence[index_average]
return median