1. The problem is to understand what the median is in statistics. 2. The median is the middle value in a data set when the numbers are arranged in order. 3. If the number of data points $n$ is odd, the median is the value at position $\frac{n+1}{2}$. 4. If $n$ is even, the median is the average of the two middle values at positions $\frac{n}{2}$ and $\frac{n}{2} + 1$. 5. The median divides the data into two equal halves, with 50% of the data below and 50% above it. 6. It is a measure of central tendency that is less affected by outliers than the mean.