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MEDIAN

StatisticalExcel 2007

The middle value — half the data is above it, half below.

Syntax

MEDIAN(number1, [number2], …)

How it works

Less affected by outliers than AVERAGE.

Examples

=MEDIAN(salary)

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Syntax follows Microsoft’s documentation. Examples are written to be pasted into a cell and checked. Argument separators may be ; in your locale. The AI explainer runs on a free community model — verify anything important.