13.4.1 - Finding the Median
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Practice Questions
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What is the median of the following data set: [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]?
💡 Hint: Count the values and find the middle.
Determine the median for the grouped data: 0-10: 2, 10-20: 3, 20-30: 5.
💡 Hint: Find the cumulative frequency.
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What does the median represent in a data set?
💡 Hint: Think of how you find the middle number.
True or False: The median is affected by extreme outliers in a dataset.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens to a sequence with extreme values.
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Challenge Problems
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A survey of student ages in a class yields the following frequency: 10-20 (2), 20-30 (4), 30-40 (8). Find the median age, explaining each step taken.
💡 Hint: Start by creating your cumulative frequency table.
In a grouped data of daily sales [0-100 (3), 100-200 (7), 200-300 (10)], calculate the median and analyze its significance.
💡 Hint: Remember to establish which class is the median class before calculating.
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