Assertion: median | /r/HasProperty | central importance
Facets:
value: in robust statistics
type: OTHER
value: because of this
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Because of this, the median is of central importance in robust statistics, as it is the most resistant statistic, having a breakdown point of 50%: so long as no more than half the data are contaminated, the median will not give an arbitrarily large or small result.
text: The median is of central importance in robust statistics, as it is the most resistant statistic, having a breakdown point of 50%: so long as no more than half the data is contaminated, the median will not give an arbitrarily large result.