median.rv: Distribution of the Sample Median
In jsta/rv: Simulation-Based Random Variable Objects

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Compute the distribution sample median of the vector of values given as its argument.

1 2	## S3 method for class 'rv' median(x, na.rm = FALSE, ...)

`x`	a randomv vector containing the components whose distribution of the median value is to be computed.
`na.rm`	a logical value indicating whether `NA` values should be stripped before the computation proceeds.
`...`	further arguments passed to `median`

Kerman, J. and Gelman, A. (2007). Manipulating and Summarizing Posterior Simulations Using Random Variable Objects. Statistics and Computing 17:3, 235-244.

See also vignette("rv").

rvmedian for the componentwise medians. quantile for general quantiles.

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  x <- rvnorm(10) ## A random vector of length 10.
  median(x)       ## A random scalar (vector of length 1).
  rvmedian(x)     ## A numeric vector of length 10.