: what’s the difference between median and mean

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Saw this mention in a previous post, and it got me thinking, what are the differences?

Maybe I already know, but u der different names, English is 2nd language.

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Let’s say I have a set of numbers 1,8,2,9,1,8,8

The average (mean) is (1+8+2+9+1+8+8)/7 = about 5.29

The median is found by arranging the numbers in order and picking the middle one. So 1,1,2,8,8,8,9 and the middle number (median) is 8

If you had an even number of numbers in the set, I believe the median is the average of the two middle-est numbers

So for 1,1,1,1,5,5,6,6 I believethe median is (1+5)/2 = 3

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