task Medians, shares & ratios · hard
Median order value by region
An order's value is the sum of quantity × unit_price over its lines. For non-cancelled orders, return region and median_order_value per shopper region.
what to return
- Columns
regionmedian_order_valuein this order- Rows
- 4 rows · any order
- Watch for
- With an odd number of orders, the median is the middle value; with an even number, the average of the two middle values.
- Exclude shoppers with no region.
- Round to 2 decimals.
- Skill
- Compute a median with window functions. Refresher: Share of total with windows →
expected result
Your query should return exactly these columns and values. Run it and compare.
expected result4 rows · any order
| region | median_order_value |
|---|---|
| East | 66.5 |
| North | 83.5 |
| South | 45 |
first 3 of 4 rows
data you can query
Sample rows from each table. Each column shows its type underneath; → marks a link to another table.
sales_orders5 columns · 33 rows
| idinteger · key | shopper_idinteger → shoppers | order_datetext | statustext | delivered_datetext |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 1 | 2025-01-04 | delivered | 2025-01-08 |
| 102 | 2 | 2025-01-06 | delivered | 2025-01-07 |
| 103 | 1 | 2025-01-15 | delivered | 2025-01-20 |
| 104 | 3 | 2025-01-18 | cancelled | NULL |
| 105 | 4 | 2025-01-22 | delivered | 2025-01-31 |
showing 5 of 33 rows
order_lines4 columns · 48 rows
| order_idinteger → sales_orders | item_idinteger → catalog_items | quantityinteger | unit_pricereal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 101 | 3 | 2 | 19.5 |
| 102 | 4 | 1 | 59 |
| 103 | 5 | 1 | 45 |
| 103 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
showing 5 of 48 rows
shoppers5 columns · 17 rows
| idinteger · key | nametext | emailtext | regiontext | signup_datetext |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ana Ruiz | ana@harbor.test | West | 2025-01-03 |
| 2 | Ben Okafor | ben@harbor.test | East | 2025-01-05 |
| 3 | Chloe Park | chloe@harbor.test | West | 2025-01-09 |
| 4 | Dmitri Volkov | dmitri@harbor.test | North | 2025-01-14 |
| 5 | Esi Mensah | NULL | South | 2025-01-20 |
showing 5 of 17 rows
solution.sql
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