When they are arranged in order, it is the number halfway between the 500th and 501st value.
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If a data set consists of 1000 different values can the mean and the median be the same
Median
the median
No, a data set cannot have more than one median. The median is defined as the middle value of a sorted data set, or the average of the two middle values if the data set has an even number of observations. While a data set can have repeated values, the median itself remains a single value that represents the central tendency of the data.
when there are extreme values in the data