It gets the middle value of a list of values. If you have a list of numbers, it returns the middle value as if they were in numerical order. If there is an odd amount of numbers, then it will give you one of the numbers that is in the list. If there are an even amount of numbers, then it will give the number halfway in value between the two middle numbers.
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The median can be calculated using the Median function. Assuming the values you wanted the median of were in cells B2 to B20, you could use the function like this: =MEDIAN(B2:B20)
The median of 65 and 90 is the same as their mean: 77.5The median of 65 and 90 is the same as their mean: 77.5The median of 65 and 90 is the same as their mean: 77.5The median of 65 and 90 is the same as their mean: 77.5
The mean is better than the median when there are outliers.
There is no single function in Excel.You calculate the mean (average).For each observation, you calculate its deviation from the mean.Convert the deviation to absolute deviation.Calculate the mean (average) of these absolute deviations.
median is the middle number mean is average mode is most median is middle range is high - low