mediennahe
Mediennahe is a term used in statistics and data analysis to describe the proximity of a value to the central tendency of a data set, with reference to the median. In German-language texts the noun form sometimes appears as Mediannähe. The concept is used to express how close a measurement is to the dataset’s median rather than to its mean, which makes it useful in robust statistics where outliers can distort average values.
Definition and calculation: If a data set has median m, the mediennahe of a value x can
Applications and interpretation: Values with small mediennahe are considered near the center of the distribution; large
Limitations and notes: Mediennahe depends on the chosen data set and its median, which can change with