| \name{median} |
| \title{Median Value} |
| \usage{ |
| median(x, na.rm=FALSE) |
| } |
| \alias{median} |
| \arguments{ |
| \item{x}{a numeric vector containing the values |
| whose median is to be computed.} |
| \item{na.rm}{a logical value indicating whether \code{NA} |
| values should be stripped before the computation proceeds.} |
| } |
| #ifdef unix |
| % TODO: comment new argument |
| % \item{turbo}{... |
| % } |
| #endif |
| \description{ |
| Compute the sample median of the vector of values given as its argument. |
| } |
| \references{ |
| Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) |
| \emph{The New S Language}. |
| Wadsworth \& Brooks/Cole. |
| } |
| \seealso{\code{\link{quantile}} for general quantiles.} |
| \examples{ |
| median(1:4)# = 2.5 [even number] |
| median(c(1:3,100,1000))# = 3 [odd, robust] |
| } |
| \keyword{univar} |
| \keyword{robust} |
