Advantages/disadv. of mean and median

Advantages/disadv. of mean and median
Message posted by Chandra Prakash (via 203.199.79.137) on April 2, 2001 at 12:25 PM (ET)

What are the advantages and disadvantages of mean and median

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Re: Advantages/disadv. of mean and median
Message posted by Darius (via 200.23.217.10) on April 4, 2001 at 5:51 PM (ET)

Mean is easer to calculate but take in account that the distribution of the data is normal and stable (median does慨t).

Median is better for non-normal distributions.

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