dask.dataframe.Series.median_approximate

dask.dataframe.Series.median_approximate

Series.median_approximate(method='default')[source]

Return the approximate median of the values over the requested axis.

Parameters
method{‘default’, ‘tdigest’, ‘dask’}, optional

What method to use. By default will use Dask’s internal custom algorithm ("dask"). If set to "tdigest" will use tdigest for floats and ints and fallback to the "dask" otherwise.