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Introduction-to-Statistics-and-Quantitative-Research-Methods

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MedianA median is the middle of a distribution.• Half the scores are above the median <strong>and</strong> half are below themedian.• How do I compute the median?• If there is an odd number of numbers, the median is themiddle number. For example, the median of 5, 8, <strong>and</strong> 11is 8.• If there is an even number of numbers, the median isthe mean of the two middle numbers. The median of thenumbers 4, 8, 9, 13 is (8+9)/2 =8.5.

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