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Not a lot. Many textbooks suggest that if the mean is less than the median the distribution is positively skewed or skewed to the right.
But, this is not necessarily true and the rule of thumb is often broken. See article by Paul T. von Hippel, Journal of Statistics Education, Volume 13, Number 2 (2005).
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You would have a skewed distribution. You would have a lot of higher results bunched up and fewer low results, but the lower results would be much lower, bringing the mean average down.
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Can a mean average ever be higher than a median average?
Yes. If the predominant data are higher than the median, the mean average will be higher than the median average. For example, the median average of the numbers one through ten is five. The mean average is five and one-half.
When is the median used rather than the mean?
The question will specify.
What does the median tell you?
The median is the middle number of any given set when they are in order, least to greatest. If there is an even number of values, the median is the average of the middle two. It tells you that half the members of the set are greater than it and half are less than it.
Can the median be greater than the mean in a set of numbers?
No because the mean is the highest numeral and the median is the middle numeral of the set of numbers so it is tecnictly impossible, but if you are using decimals, the median could get pretty close to the mean, but never higher.
Why is mean median and mode important?
Its important because they show trends (growth) in data. Individual data points are less important than what you see when you put all the data together.
