LearningRlab (version 2.4)

median_: Median Calculus Function

Description

This function calculates the median of a numbers vector.

Usage

median_(x)

Value

A numeric, the median of the numbers vector.

Arguments

x

Should be a numbers vector

Author

Dennis Monheimius,
Eduardo Benito,
Juan Jose Cuadrado,
Universidad de Alcala de Henares

Details

To calculate the median, the user should give a numbers vector. The result is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of the dataset, it may be thought of as the middle value. The median formule is the following:

Examples

{

result = median_(c(1,3,2,5,12,4,4,2,9))
result
}