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Is the mean and median similar?
The Mean is the average of a given set of values. The Median is the value that has the same number of smaller values than the number of higher values, it is in the middle of them. In a symmetrical distribution the Mean is equal to the Median. In an asymmetrical distribution they have different value.
What does middle value mean?
The median
Is median the average?
The Median is a form of average. Mathematically, the average is the sum of all values, divided by the number of values there are. This is known as the arithmetic mean. An Average is meant to give a representative value of all of your values. If you have a lot of numbers that are very similar and then one that is massively out of proportion with all the others, then the mean doesn't give a representative value. There are also two other forms of average, other than the arithmetic mean. They are the Mode and Median. The Mode is the most common value in a list and the Median is the middle value when all are arranged in numerical order. Sometimes it is better to use them.
Can the median and the mean be the same value?
Yes. In the set (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) 11 is the median and the mean.
Is the median affected by the mean?
The median is the value which seperates the upper and lower half of a set of numbers. The mean is the average value between two or more numbers. In calculating a set of numbers, specifically a set of averages, the median may indeed be effected by the mean.
Is the mean and median similar?
The Mean is the average of a given set of values. The Median is the value that has the same number of smaller values than the number of higher values, it is in the middle of them. In a symmetrical distribution the Mean is equal to the Median. In an asymmetrical distribution they have different value.
What does the term of median mean in math?
The median is the middle value of a list of numbers. In [1,6,34] the median value is 6.
What does mean mean in the term of math?
The median is the middle value of a list of numbers. In [1,6,34] the median value is 6.
What does middle value mean?
The median
How the mean and median about the same value?
5,6,7
In any data set are the median and mean usually very similar in value?
yes they are if you have 0 and 10 the mean is 5 and so is the median. The mean and the median can in fact be the same value. But basically to answer your question, One possible way is that if the values are ascending by 1 in the data set, then the number of values left to the median should be the same as the number of values right to the median. e.g. 6+7+8+9+10 6,7 = 2 terms 9,10 = 2 terms median =8 mode = 8
Can the median and mean be different?
Yes they can. That is why we have them. We would not need both if they always gave the same value. A mean is the total of numbers divided by the amount of numbers. A median is the middle value in the list when it is in numerical order. Usually they are similar, but not always the same. If there is an extreme number, much different than all the others, then the mean and median will be very different. Take 1, 3, 4, 7, 900. 4 is the Median. 183 is the mean. 183 is not very representative of the set, which is why a median actually works better here.
Why are mean median and mode considered measures of central tendency?
The mean (average value), the median (middle value), and the mode (most frequently occurring value) are all important values.
Are median and mean always similar why?
They are both called "measures of central tendencies" because they show something about a group of numbers and what value they are 'centered' around.
Is median the average?
The Median is a form of average. Mathematically, the average is the sum of all values, divided by the number of values there are. This is known as the arithmetic mean. An Average is meant to give a representative value of all of your values. If you have a lot of numbers that are very similar and then one that is massively out of proportion with all the others, then the mean doesn't give a representative value. There are also two other forms of average, other than the arithmetic mean. They are the Mode and Median. The Mode is the most common value in a list and the Median is the middle value when all are arranged in numerical order. Sometimes it is better to use them.
What is the shape of a distribution when the mean and the median are about the same value?
That would provide some evidence that the distribution is symmetric about the mean (or median).
Can mean and median ever have the same value?
Yes because if the numbers are all the same they can be both mean and median but they do not have to be the same.
