Median calculator
Calculate the median of a list of numbers separated by commas or line breaks.
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Median
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Calculate the median of a list of numbers: the middle value that leaves the same amount of data above and below it.
Sorts the values and takes the middle one; if there's an even number of values, it averages the two middle ones.
Use cases
- Analyzing data with extreme values that would skew the average.
- Calculating the median price of a set of properties.
- Complementing a basic statistical analysis.
How it works
- 1
Paste your numbers
Type or paste the list of numbers, separated by commas or on separate lines.
- 2
Read the result
The median is calculated automatically.
Frequently asked questions
- Why use the median instead of the average?
- The median is less sensitive to extreme values (outliers), so it better represents the 'typical value' when data is skewed.
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