Median

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A measure of central tendency corresponding to the value below which 50% of the observations are found.

Note: The median is the midpoint of observations ranked in ascending order. It can provide a better estimate of the mean when extreme values cause asymmetry in the distribution of the observations.

Reference

http://htaglossary.net/median