MEDIAN

Returns the middle value — the one an outlier can't drag around.

Syntax

MEDIAN(number1, [number2], ...)

Statistical Functions.

A worked example

=MEDIAN(C2:C9)

Returns $1,888

The middle value once the orders are sorted.

Where it goes wrong

With an even count it averages the two middle values, so the result may not be a figure that appears in your data.

Consider instead: AVERAGE, when the distribution is even and every value should pull its weight.

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