用MySQL计算中位数最简单(希望不会太慢)的方法是什么?我已经使用AVG(x)来寻找平均值,但我很难找到一个简单的方法来计算中位数。现在,我将所有的行返回到PHP,进行排序,然后选择中间的行,但是肯定有一些简单的方法可以在一个MySQL查询中完成它。

示例数据:

id | val
--------
 1    4
 2    7
 3    2
 4    2
 5    9
 6    8
 7    3

对val排序得到2 2 3 4 7 8 9,因此中位数应该是4,而SELECT AVG(val) == 5。


当前回答

这些方法从同一个表中选择两次。如果源数据来自一个昂贵的查询,这是一种避免运行两次的方法:

select KEY_FIELD, AVG(VALUE_FIELD) MEDIAN_VALUE
from (
    select KEY_FIELD, VALUE_FIELD, RANKF
    , @rownumr := IF(@prevrowidr=KEY_FIELD,@rownumr+1,1) RANKR
    , @prevrowidr := KEY_FIELD
    FROM (
        SELECT KEY_FIELD, VALUE_FIELD, RANKF
        FROM (
            SELECT KEY_FIELD, VALUE_FIELD 
            , @rownumf := IF(@prevrowidf=KEY_FIELD,@rownumf+1,1) RANKF
            , @prevrowidf := KEY_FIELD     
            FROM (
                SELECT KEY_FIELD, VALUE_FIELD 
                FROM (
                    -- some expensive query
                )   B
                ORDER BY  KEY_FIELD, VALUE_FIELD
            ) C
            , (SELECT @rownumf := 1) t_rownum
            , (SELECT @prevrowidf := '*') t_previd
        ) D
        ORDER BY  KEY_FIELD, RANKF DESC
    ) E
    , (SELECT @rownumr := 1) t_rownum
    , (SELECT @prevrowidr := '*') t_previd
) F
WHERE RANKF-RANKR BETWEEN -1 and 1
GROUP BY KEY_FIELD

其他回答

我有下面的代码,我在HackerRank上找到的,它很简单,适用于每一种情况。

SELECT M.MEDIAN_COL FROM MEDIAN_TABLE M WHERE  
  (SELECT COUNT(MEDIAN_COL) FROM MEDIAN_TABLE WHERE MEDIAN_COL < M.MEDIAN_COL ) = 
  (SELECT COUNT(MEDIAN_COL) FROM MEDIAN_TABLE WHERE MEDIAN_COL > M.MEDIAN_COL );

来自: http://mdb-blog.blogspot.com/2015/06/mysql-find-median-nth-element-without.html

我建议另一种方法,不用连接, 但是处理字符串

我没有用大数据表来检验, 但是中小型的桌子就可以了。

这里的好处是,它也可以通过GROUPING工作,所以它可以返回几个项目的中值。

下面是测试表的测试代码:

DROP TABLE test.test_median
CREATE TABLE test.test_median AS
SELECT 'book' AS grp, 4 AS val UNION ALL
SELECT 'book', 7 UNION ALL
SELECT 'book', 2 UNION ALL
SELECT 'book', 2 UNION ALL
SELECT 'book', 9 UNION ALL
SELECT 'book', 8 UNION ALL
SELECT 'book', 3 UNION ALL

SELECT 'note', 11 UNION ALL

SELECT 'bike', 22 UNION ALL
SELECT 'bike', 26 

求每组中位数的代码:

SELECT grp,
         SUBSTRING_INDEX( SUBSTRING_INDEX( GROUP_CONCAT(val ORDER BY val), ',', COUNT(*)/2 ), ',', -1) as the_median,
         GROUP_CONCAT(val ORDER BY val) as all_vals_for_debug
FROM test.test_median
GROUP BY grp

输出:

grp | the_median| all_vals_for_debug
bike| 22        | 22,26
book| 4         | 2,2,3,4,7,8,9
note| 11        | 11

这种方法似乎包括偶数和奇数计数,没有子查询。

SELECT AVG(t1.x)
FROM table t1, table t2
GROUP BY t1.x
HAVING SUM(SIGN(t1.x - t2.x)) = 0

归档完美中位数的单个查询:

SELECT 
COUNT(*) as total_rows, 
IF(count(*)%2 = 1, CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX( GROUP_CONCAT(val ORDER BY val SEPARATOR ','), ',', 50/100 * COUNT(*)), ',', -1) AS DECIMAL), ROUND((CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX( GROUP_CONCAT(val ORDER BY val SEPARATOR ','), ',', 50/100 * COUNT(*) + 1), ',', -1) AS DECIMAL) + CAST(SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX( GROUP_CONCAT(val ORDER BY val SEPARATOR ','), ',', 50/100 * COUNT(*)), ',', -1) AS DECIMAL)) / 2)) as median, 
AVG(val) as average 
FROM 
data

我发现这个答案非常有用——https://www.eversql.com/how-to-calculate-median-value-in-mysql-using-a-simple-sql-query/

SET @rowindex := -1;

SELECT
   AVG(g.grade)
FROM
   (SELECT @rowindex:=@rowindex + 1 AS rowindex,
       grades.grade AS grade
    FROM grades
    ORDER BY grades.grade) AS g
WHERE
g.rowindex IN (FLOOR(@rowindex / 2) , CEIL(@rowindex / 2));