Middle value when the data are arranged in numerical order is the median.
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Median
When the data are not numerical but can be ordered , the median may be used as a measure of central tendency. Put the data in order and choose the middle value. For example, low, medium,medium,low, high etc.
An ordered value bar graph is a value bar graph in which data values are arranged in increasing (or decreasing) order of length.
The median of a set of values is the quantity at the mid-point, when the values are in ascending numerical order. For example, the median of the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 is 5. When there is an even number of terms, the median is the mean of the middle two terms. For example, the median of the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 is 4.
A numerical value calculated for a sample is called a descriptive statistic.