[issue35698] [statistics] Division by 2 in statistics.median

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

> As a pure mathematician, to me 1.0 means a number that is 
> close to 1. Whereas 1 means a number that is exactly 1.

Descriptive statistics performed on a computer using actual measurements is pretty far from "pure mathematics" ;-)

Making this change is likely pointless for most users and likely confusing for others (i.e. why the type switch between median([1, 1]) and median([1, 3]).

I concur with Victor and recommend closing.

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assignee:  -> steven.daprano
nosy: +rhettinger

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