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median

median The median is a measure of central tendency that identifies the middle value in an ordered set of scores, or the average of the two middle values when there is an even number of scores.

The median is a measure of central tendency that identifies the middle value in an ordered set of scores, or the average of the two middle values when there is an even number of scores. It represents the 50th percentile and is often preferred over the mean when a distribution is skewed or contains outliers.