The median is a special case of the percentile, representing the 50th percentile. It is the value that separates the higher half from the lower half of a dataset.
Example code in Python:
import numpy as np
data = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
# Calculate the median
median = np.percentile(data, 50)
print(f"The median is: {median}")
Output:
The median is: 5.5
