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#1 2006-06-13 03:14:21

appu_vmk
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Registered: 2006-06-13
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Can MEDIAN be ZERO ?

I was wondering can MEDIAN ever be ZERO ? should i sort the data before calculating the MEDIAN. Please HELP.

Yeah i understand that the data should be sorted.
but please tell me CAN MEDIAN ever be ZERO ?

Last edited by appu_vmk (2006-06-13 03:38:27)

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#2 2006-06-13 06:09:11

luca-deltodesco
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Re: Can MEDIAN be ZERO ?

sure it can

take a set of values, -8, -1, 0, 4, 5
the median and the mean here is 0

Last edited by luca-deltodesco (2006-06-13 06:09:36)


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#3 2006-06-13 12:54:18

Ricky
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Re: Can MEDIAN be ZERO ?

And yes, sort that data before calculating the median.


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