in general,mean is more stable than median but in the case of extreme values it is better to consider median a stable measure than mean.
median
It is a measure of the central tendency for a set of observations.
Measurement Scale Best measure of the 'middle' Numerical mode Ordinal Median Interval Symmetrical data- mean skewed data median Ratio Symmetrical data- Mean skewed data median
The median.
the center of measure is mean mode median and range
in general,mean is more stable than median but in the case of extreme values it is better to consider median a stable measure than mean.
The median of a single measure is itself: so 21 litres of water!
Yes, the median is always a number. For qualitative data, use the mode for a measure of center.
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The median.
The median is a more robust measure than the average, which means it is more resilient to the effects of outliers in your dataset.
For a set of data, the 50% percentile measure is the median. I've seen this referred to as the P50 measure. It is also referred to as the "d5" measure or the fifth decile. or Q2 measure of the second quartile. See related links.