median score
Halfway point result
The median score is the middle value when a set of scores is arranged in order—half fall above it, half below.
Unlike averages, medians resist distortion by outliers: The median score was 72, though a few perfect papers pushed the average to 78.
Common in educational testing and statistical reporting.
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- midpointExact center between two
- middleCentral point or position
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- meanAverage, or spiteful
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median scoremean score
Arithmetic middle of scores
average score · arithmetic mean · mode · weighted average · geometric mean
median scoreoutlier
Distant data point
minimum score · highest score · top score · anomaly · raw score
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