| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| median, average, mean (adjs., nn.), modal (adj.), mode (n.) |
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| A median number is one at the numerical midpoint between the highest and lowest in a series, and, by extension, something in the middle: 7 is the median between 5 and 9. Mean means midpoint but is also an average of all the numbers in a series: of 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, the median is 7, but the mean or average is 7.4. Mode in statistical distributions is the number or value that occurs most frequently: in the series above, the mode or modal number is 8. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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