Summary  
Explains how to compute the median of a dataset by sorting values and selecting (or averaging) the middle element(s).

General domain of usage  
Data analysis

The **median** is the middle value of the sequence of data  arranged in ascending order.

Definition

Take a look at the median salary in the example:

Learn core statistical concepts used in data analysis with Python. The course covers descriptive statistics, including mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation, as well as sampling, probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, and outlier detection.

Median Value

Median Value