HOW IT IS CALCULATED
Find the middle value of a dataset
Values are sorted and the middle position is selected, or the two middle values are averaged.
Instant resultClear formulaRuns locally
01Values
02middle of sorted values
03Result
1,2,3,4,5 → median 3
Median is resistant to extreme values
Unlike the mean, a very large outlier may have little effect on the median.
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In short
What logic does the calculator use?
middle of sorted values
Example?
1,2,3,4,5 → median 3