no -- are you thinking of the median?
the mean is just the average
for example, in this set
1 4 4 4 5 6
the mean is 4, but one observation is smaller than the average and two observations are larger.
Larger half, clearly confused, pretty ugly, horrifically amazing
Always wear a condom
Yes, it is, but many -LY words are NOT adverbs, or not always adverbs. If -LY is added to an existing word that is an adjective, it is almost always an adverb. Here, the adjective is half-hearted (without complete effort or involvement).
Yes, it is, but many -LY words are NOT adverbs, or not always adverbs. If -LY is added to an existing word that is an adjective, it is almost always an adverb. Here, the adjective is half-hearted (without complete effort or involvement).
I was in Waterstones in Belfast yesterday (20 Sep, 2010) and they were selling a paperback version. It was one of the larger paperbacks, however, and cost around £15 - though they had signs saying it was half price.
A half of anything is always larger than a third of the same thing.
The median is the value in the middle when data is arranged in ascending order such as (1 2 3 4 5) 3 is the median. half of the observations, (4 & 5) are above it and half of the observations, (1 & 2) are below it. Thus median is your answer. :)
A kilogram is larger than a pound, so half a kilogram is larger than half a pound.
23 and one half is larger.
five sixths is larger than a half.
The western half of the U.S. has larger states.
The western half of the U.S. has larger states.
Neither is larger.
The only thing that makes 8 into one one half of thirteen is poor arithmetic.
One half
1 half
One half.