median time
English translation: median time
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| 5 +6 | median time |
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| 4 +3 | meso-position/middle-point time (value) |
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peer agreement (net): +3meso-position/middle-point time (value) Explanation: "median" is a term in statistics, means the mid-positoned value of a set of ordered values, not the same as "mean" which means "avergage (value)". So your "median time" is probably reffered to a value of time poitioned/located at the middle (one or average of two) of an order of values of time. BTW, your ""mean concentration" is really an average value of concentration... Please see also following for reference: Google Web Definition: *median value The value of the property located at the midpoint of all property assessments when arranged in order according to value. ... www.ci.superior.wi.us/index.asp *median(a): relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number ... *The middle value in a group of ranked values that has an equal number of values both above and below it. It indicates the centerline of a distribution, while the mean, or average, can be skewed by a single high or low value. www.bridgefieldgroup.com/bridgefieldgroup/glos6.htm *An average. The median is the middle number in a list of numbers, smalest first to biggest. So, the median of 2, 4, 7, 9, 12 is 7. If the list is made up of an even number of numbers, the median is mid-way between the two middle numbers. ... www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/enfield/schools/southgate/accounts/s... |
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