Median
Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-007178
The middle value in a dataset when all values are arranged in ascending or descending order. If there is an even number of observations, the median is the average of the two middle values. It is a measure of central tendency that is less sensitive to extreme outliers than the mean.
| Identifier | MLC-T-MET-007178 |
|---|---|
| Field | Meteorology and atmospheric science |
Record as JSON
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