Median is less sensitive to outliers than mean
Evidence
- I prefer the median to the mean for the median is a more robust measure, less sensitive to unusual values at the extremes of the distribution (see Marsh 1988: 29-30). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 880
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: A methodological rationale favoring robust statistics.