A measure that indicates the typical value of a distribution. It is used in statistics to summarize a set of data by identifying the central point within that set.
The median is a statistical measure that represents the middle value in a data set, effectively dividing the dataset into two equal halves. It is particularly useful in representing a data set without the distortion that large deviations can cause with the average (mean).
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