Which represents the fiftieth percentile or middle point?

Which represents the fiftieth percentile or middle point?

(a) Mode

(b) Mean

(c) Median

(d) Variance

✅ Correct option: (c) Median

Explanation:

The median represents the 50th percentile, meaning half of the scores fall below it and half above it. It is the middle value when data are ordered.
The mean is the arithmetic average, the mode is the most frequent value, and variance measures variability. Thus, the correct answer is median.

10 Related PPSC Facts:

Median equals 50th percentile.
Median is middle value.
Median resists outliers.
Used in skewed data.
Median is positional.
Median differs from mean in skew.
Median divides data equally.
Percentiles measure relative standing.
Median is descriptive statistic.
Median used in income data.