Question
In a data set, the median is the ____.
Answer
In a data set, the median is the middle number; found by ordering all data points and picking out the one in the middle.
Or, if there are two middle numbers, take the mean of those two numbers
If you have a skewed distribution, the median is often the best measure of central tendency. When you have ordinal data, the median or mode is usually the best choice.
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