Question

What do you understand by Median and Mode? Discuss with suitable examples.

29 Jan 2026
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Word Count : 273
Median is a measure of central tendency that represents the middle value of a dataset when the values are arranged in ascending or descending order. It divides the dataset into two equal halves, with 50% of observations below it and 50% above it. Median is particularly useful in datasets that have outliers or skewed distributions, as it is not affected by extreme values. For example, consider the dataset of gene expression levels in a small experiment: 5, 8, 12, 15, 50. Arranging these in order, the middle value is 12, which is the median. Here, although 50 is much higher than the other values,
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