When to Use the Median

The median is the preferred measure of central tendency in two main scenarios:

1. Data containing extreme outliers or heavily skewed data
   • With extreme outliers or heavily skewed data, the median provides a more accurate representation of the data set than the mean.
2. Ordinal data, meaning the data is not properly numerically measured but has an order.
   • With ordinal data, the median allows for a measure of central tendency when a numerical sum (and therefore the mean) cannot be calculated.

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