To find the median of a number of values, first order them, then find the observation in the middle: the median of \(5, 2, 7, 9, 4\) is \(5\). (Note that if there is an even number of values, one take...To find the median of a number of values, first order them, then find the observation in the middle: the median of \(5, 2, 7, 9, 4\) is \(5\). (Note that if there is an even number of values, one takes the average of the middle two: the median of \(4, 6, 8,10\) is \(7\).) The median is often more appropriate than the mean in skewed distributions and in situations with outliers.
