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*Arguments can be numbers, logical values or arrays, names or references that contain numbers. | *Arguments can be numbers, logical values or arrays, names or references that contain numbers. | ||
*For a set of even numbers, MEDIAN calculates the average of the two numbers that are in the middle. | *For a set of even numbers, MEDIAN calculates the average of the two numbers that are in the middle. | ||
| + | *If the argument contains numbers, they are arranged in ascending order and then median is calculated. | ||
| + | *If the argument contains text, each text takes its positional value and then median is calculated. | ||
*Logical value TRUE is evaluated as '1' and FALSE is evaluated as '0'. | *Logical value TRUE is evaluated as '1' and FALSE is evaluated as '0'. | ||
*The cells with zero value are counted. | *The cells with zero value are counted. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median Median] |
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Revision as of 07:21, 7 December 2013
MEDIAN(n1,n2,...)
- Where n1,n2… are numerical values.
MEDIAN() calculates the middle value in the set of given values.
Description
MEDIAN(n1,n2,...)
For Example,
MEDIAN(10,30,50,70,90) returns 50.
MEDIAN(2,4,6,8) returns 5.
MEDIAN("TEST","TEN","TAKE","TELL","TRAIN") returns TAKE.
- Arguments can be numbers, logical values or arrays, names or references that contain numbers.
- For a set of even numbers, MEDIAN calculates the average of the two numbers that are in the middle.
- If the argument contains numbers, they are arranged in ascending order and then median is calculated.
- If the argument contains text, each text takes its positional value and then median is calculated.
- Logical value TRUE is evaluated as '1' and FALSE is evaluated as '0'.
- The cells with zero value are counted.
Examples
| 45 | 2 | ||
| -20 | 4 | ||
| -30 | TRUE | ||
| 4 | 0.5 | ||
| 5 | 0 |
=MEDIAN(A1:A5) : Calculates the median value in the range A1 to A5. Displays 4 as a result. =MEDIAN(A2,A3,10) : Calculates the median value -20,-30 and 10. Displays -20 as a result. =MEDIAN(B1:B4) : Calculates the median value in the range B1 to B4. Displays 1.5 as a result. Here TRUE is considered as 1. =MEDIAN(B1:B5) : Calculates the median value in the range B1 to B5. Displays TRUE as a result.