Sorry if this is too basic a question to ask here, but thought I'd ask it anyway. :p
What is the mathematical formula for finding the median (i.e. the number in dead center) in an odd number of values? You can't divide the sum by 2, because that will give you one less than the center and a half. Do I just add an half after dividing by 2, or is there a better way?
I tried Googling already, but couldn't find the answer.
EDIT: Yeah, the above seems to work...
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I tried Googling already, but couldn't find the answer.
Seriously, the first result had the answer for about a dozen different variations.
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forumla for median of odd number - Google SearchQuote:
Originally Posted by phantomotap
The first couple of results didnt look like it had it, so I didn't go over them that deeply. But checking again, I see a couple of them did, but I missed that before. So its (x+1) / 2, where x is the total number of values. Oh well... :p
There is no "formula" for it. Sort the list of values, then take the middle one.
Right. And if I recall correctly, to find the median of an even number of values you take the mean of the two adjacent values.Quote:
Originally Posted by brewbuck
For reference, the (arithmetic) mean of two numbers xi and xj is
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(xi + xj)/2