2007-11-12 08:15:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
What is the middle number in a set of data whent he data arranged in numerical order?
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the exact middle number will be the median.
ex. 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3
here you have 8 numbers, the middle number is not 1 nor 2.
the median is (1 + 2)/2 = 1.5
ex. 1 1 2 2 3
here you have 5 numbers, and the median is
2. median is 2
*if you need review on quartile or the 5 number summary, let me know.
2007-11-12 08:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by john_lu66 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If data set is an odd number, the middle number is called the median. If the data set is an even number the there is no middle number. You must take the average of the two numbers closest to the middle and that will be the median.
2007-11-12 08:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called the median.
For example the data is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The median is 3.
Another example: the data is 3, 891, 749234, 7491287349, 99999999999. The median is 749234.
2007-11-12 08:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by Stone 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's the Median.
Mean is average and mode is the number that occurs the most
2007-11-12 08:19:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's called the median.
2007-11-12 08:19:27 · answer #5 · answered by Mic K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the median
2007-11-12 08:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by Omar F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋