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median

middle quantile of a data set or probability distribution
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Summary

median is a type of statistic[1]. median ranks in the top 6% of type of statistic entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: central tendency[3], quantile[4]
  • Commons category: Median[5]
  • Facet of: statistics[6], robust statistics[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[8]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/median[9]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C280079[10]
  • Different from: mediant[11], median[12], arithmetic mean[13]
  • Literal translation: 中央値[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[16]
  • P14864: mediaani[17]

Why It Matters

median has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] median is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Ludwig Quidde

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → mediaani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14864: mediaani, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789608241467"
  2. 5w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4652849-0
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 2242, Add qualifier to Rosetta Code page ID `Averages/Median`"
  3. 6w ago · Zagothal · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4652849-0
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Gnd id: 04130070X"
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