"""The median, on its own, does not describe what is "typical" any more than the mean does; it just has a small advantage in that it will always map a real obse

"""The median, on its own, does not describe what is "typical" any more than the mean does; it just has a small advantage in that it will always map a real observation""" Only if you have an odd number of data points or the two middling data points have the same value. Example: I have four people with these sizes in cm: 120, 160, 180, 200...the median would be (160+180)/2=170 which is the size of none of the people.