It gives you slightly different information than the mean, or average. 50% of the data is less than the median, and 50% is greater.
In statistics, the median of a list of numbers is the “middle number” once you arrange all the numbers from least to greatest. It was enough of a burr in my saddle that I decided to draw on my stats background and do some number crunching. But what struck me as I watched was how recent most of their choices were.
GaryĪlthough each had slightly different criteria for their choices, each of them wasĪrticulate and even eloquent in explaining their choices. You can fast-forward to 48:32 in the video to see their lists. It was a roundtable where the two anchors (Jeremy Salinas and David Waybright), joined by series regular Gary Chumbley, each counted down their picks for the top ten boardgames of all time.
Last week I watched a video put out by Man Vs Meeple called “What’s Next Top 10 Games of All Time” (you can watch it here).
