Almost all of the students' scores are below the average. Therefore, in this case the mean is not a good representative of the central tendency of this sample. The median, on the other hand, is the value which is such that half the scores are above it and half the scores below. So in this example, the median is 8. There are four scores below and four above the value 8. So 8 represents the mid point or the central tendency of the sample.
Definition of duct. 1 : a bodily tube or vessel especially when carrying the secretion of a gland. 2a : a pipe, tube, or channel that conveys a substanceb : a pipe or tubular runway for carrying an electric power line, telephone cables, or other conductors.
A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry bile, and is present in most vertebrates. Bile, required for the digestion of food, is secreted by the liver into passages that carry bile toward the hepatic duct, which joins with the cystic duct to form the common bile duct, which opens into the intestine. The biliary tree is the whole network of various sized ducts branching through the liver. The path is as follows: Bile canaliculi â Canals of Hering ...