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These is glossary of research key terms. This glossary is intended as an aid to
professionals and non-professionals who find the world of research
somewhat intimidating. While it is impossible to cover all the terms
that can be confusing, this document briefly defines some of the more
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| Median | 1. a descriptive statistic used to measure central tendency. The median is the score/value that is exactly in the middle of a distribution (i.e. the value above which and below which 50% of the scores lie). 2. a term that refers to the central tendency or typical score of a bivariate distribution, specifically the median is the numerical value of middle case in a distribution. For example if you had the values 6, 10, 12, 12, 13, 14, 16 the median would be 12. |
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