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<p>The <b>median</b> of a set of numbers is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a <a href="page.php?w=data_sample">data sample</a>, a <a href="page.php?w=statistical_population">population</a>, or a <a href="page.php?w=probability_distribution">probability distribution</a>. For a <a href="page.php?w=data_set">data set</a>, it may be thought of as the "middle" value. The basic feature of the median in describing data compared to the <a href="page.php?w=Arithmetic_mean">mean</a> (often simply described as the "average") is</p><p>
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