From b3ab7b387ee1e262860c95256ae9f6b47479dade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tal Einat Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:04:01 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-33573: docs to suggest median() alternatives for non-numeric data (GH-7587) (cherry picked from commit fdd6e0bf18517c3dc5e24c48fbfe890229fad1b5) Co-authored-by: Tal Einat --- Doc/library/statistics.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/statistics.rst b/Doc/library/statistics.rst index 2aa778c4d06deb..652e751366c546 100644 --- a/Doc/library/statistics.rst +++ b/Doc/library/statistics.rst @@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ However, for reading convenience, most of the examples show sorted sequences. This is suited for when your data is discrete, and you don't mind that the median may not be an actual data point. + If your data is ordinal (supports order operations) but not numeric (doesn't + support addition), you should use :func:`median_low` or :func:`median_high` + instead. + .. seealso:: :func:`median_low`, :func:`median_high`, :func:`median_grouped`