5.3.1 - Computation of median
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Practice Questions
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What is the median of the set 2, 4, 6, 8?
💡 Hint: Sort the numbers and find the middle value.
Calculate the median of 11, 13, 15, 20, 22.
💡 Hint: Identify the middle value directly.
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What is the formula for finding the position of the median?
💡 Hint: Remember, N is the total number of observations.
If there are 6 numbers in a dataset, how do we find the median?
💡 Hint: Think about how to find the middle for an even count.
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Find the median of the dataset consisting of 15, 22, 34, 41, 55, 60, 70, 84, 90.
💡 Hint: Count to the middle value carefully.
For a dataset containing incomes in a village: 2000, 2500, 3000, 4000, 5000, identify the median and explain your rationale.
💡 Hint: What happens with an even number of items?
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