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
MariaDB / MySQL:
SELECT AVG(dd.val) as median_val
FROM (
SELECT d.val, @rownum:=@rownum+1 as `row_number`, @total_rows:=@rownum
FROM data d, (SELECT @rownum:=0) r
WHERE d.val is NOT NULL
-- put some where clause here
ORDER BY d.val
) as dd
WHERE dd.row_number IN ( FLOOR((@total_rows+1)/2), FLOOR((@total_rows+2)/2) );
Steve Cohen指出，在第一次传递之后，@rownum将包含总行数。这可用于确定中值，因此不需要第二次传递或连接。
此外，AVG(dd.val)和dd.row_number IN(…)用于在有偶数条记录时正确地产生中位数。推理:
SELECT FLOOR((3+1)/2),FLOOR((3+2)/2); -- when total_rows is 3, avg rows 2 and 2
SELECT FLOOR((4+1)/2),FLOOR((4+2)/2); -- when total_rows is 4, avg rows 2 and 3
最后，MariaDB 10.3.3+包含一个MEDIAN函数
其他回答
基于@bob的回答，这将查询泛化为能够返回多个中位数，并按某些标准分组。
想想，例如，一个车场二手车的中位数销售价格，按年-月分组。
SELECT
period,
AVG(middle_values) AS 'median'
FROM (
SELECT t1.sale_price AS 'middle_values', t1.row_num, t1.period, t2.count
FROM (
SELECT
@last_period:=@period AS 'last_period',
@period:=DATE_FORMAT(sale_date, '%Y-%m') AS 'period',
IF (@period<>@last_period, @row:=1, @row:=@row+1) as `row_num`,
x.sale_price
FROM listings AS x, (SELECT @row:=0) AS r
WHERE 1
-- where criteria goes here
ORDER BY DATE_FORMAT(sale_date, '%Y%m'), x.sale_price
) AS t1
LEFT JOIN (
SELECT COUNT(*) as 'count', DATE_FORMAT(sale_date, '%Y-%m') AS 'period'
FROM listings x
WHERE 1
-- same where criteria goes here
GROUP BY DATE_FORMAT(sale_date, '%Y%m')
) AS t2
ON t1.period = t2.period
) AS t3
WHERE
row_num >= (count/2)
AND row_num <= ((count/2) + 1)
GROUP BY t3.period
ORDER BY t3.period;
试着这样做:
SELECT
CAST (AVG(val) AS DECIMAL(10,4))
FROM
(
SELECT
val,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER( ORDER BY val ) -1 AS rn,
COUNT(1) OVER () -1 AS cnt
FROM STATION
) as tmp
WHERE rn IN (FLOOR(cnt/2),CEILING (cnt/2))
**
注意:-1的原因是使它的索引为0 .i。E行号 现在从0开始，而不是1
**
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
不幸的是，无论是TheJacobTaylor还是velcrow的答案都不会返回当前版本MySQL的准确结果。
从上面来看，魔术贴的答案是接近的，但它不能正确计算具有偶数行数的结果集。中位数定义为1)奇数集上的中间数，或2)偶数集上两个中间数的平均值。
所以，这里是魔术贴的解决方案修补处理奇数和偶数集:
SELECT AVG(middle_values) AS 'median' FROM (
SELECT t1.median_column AS 'middle_values' FROM
(
SELECT @row:=@row+1 as `row`, x.median_column
FROM median_table AS x, (SELECT @row:=0) AS r
WHERE 1
-- put some where clause here
ORDER BY x.median_column
) AS t1,
(
SELECT COUNT(*) as 'count'
FROM median_table x
WHERE 1
-- put same where clause here
) AS t2
-- the following condition will return 1 record for odd number sets, or 2 records for even number sets.
WHERE t1.row >= t2.count/2 and t1.row <= ((t2.count/2) +1)) AS t3;
要使用它，请遵循以下3个简单步骤:
将上面代码中的“median_table”(出现2次)替换为您的表名 将“median_column”(3次)替换为您希望为其查找中位数的列名 如果你有一个WHERE条件，用WHERE条件替换“WHERE 1”(2次)
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 );
