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