Median in a sentence

A simple one is the median of three rule, which estimates the median as the median of a three-element subsample; this is commonly used as a subroutine in the quicksort sorting algorithm, which uses an estimate of its input's median.

Blocks are usually identified in hundreds from the median streets, identified as "00", which are Broadway (the east–west median, running north–south) and Ellsworth Avenue (the north–south median, running east–west).

Relationship of mean and median The skewness is not strictly connected with the relationship between the mean and median: a distribution with negative skew can have the mean greater than or less than the median, and likewise for positive skew.

The median does not identify a specific value within the data set, since more than one value can be at the median level and with an even number of observations (as shown above) no value need be exactly at the value of the median.

When the dimension is two or higher, there are multiple concepts that extend the definition of the univariate median; each such multivariate median agrees with the univariate median when the dimension is exactly one.

After implementation, the median speed heading south on Newport Road was recorded at four minutes and 33 seconds and the median speed heading north was four minutes and 31 seconds.

In the South (EPA Region 6) the median Clean Water Act penalty issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional office is $10,000, while in EPA Region 9 (including California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii), the median is over six times as high.

It now takes 44% of median income—before taxes—to afford a median-price home.

OpenView’s 2022 SaaS Benchmarks Report states that companies that perform best on two metrics—customer acquisition cost (CAC) and net dollar retention (NDR)—have both the highest median growth rate and the highest median Rule of 40.

Our legislators have defined low-income household as “at or below 80% of the median household income,” “very low income” as 50% Adjusted median income (AMI), and “extremely low income” as 30% AMI.

The median tumor size was 2 cm and median age at treatment was 71 years.

Although median home values are higher, median incomes remain below average, impacting residents’ overall well-being.

A median U.S. income earner had to spend as much as 41.4%—the highest share on record—of their earnings on monthly housing costs to afford a median-priced U.S. home.

Denver Water, which serves 1.5 million people in the metro area, also has strong numbers with 120% of the median snowpack on the South Platte and 104% of the median on the Colorado River, said Nathan Elder, manager of water supply for the utility.

For example, an index of 120 means the median household income is 120% of what is necessary to qualify for the median-priced home under prevailing interest rates.

Households in and near San Jose, California, lead the country in this metric, with a median household income that is almost double the national median.

The language requires that at least 40% of the money go to projects that provide benefits to disadvantaged communities, defined as populations where the median household income is less than 80% of the area average or less than 80% of the statewide median.

The median price of a home in the Tulsa area has risen 9 percent since last year, while nationwide the median home price is up 3.2 percent.

WalletHub compared U.S. Census Bureau data for the 50 states and Washington, D.C., to determine the property tax rankings and divided the median real estate tax payment by the median home price in each state to produce an effective real estate tax rate.

At the national level, not only does median income differ across classes of workers, but trends in median income differ as well.