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What is the median of the following data? 50, 48, 40, 73, 29, 14, 89, 14, 51, 76, 78
50.5
51
49.5
50
50
Arrange the numbers in ascending order and count from both sides to find the exact middle value without calculating mean or mode.
The data set provided is: 50, 48, 40, 73, 29, 14, 89, 14, 51, 76, 78.
Median=(2n+1тАЛ)th┬аterm┬а(for┬аodd┬аn)
Arrange the numbers in ascending order and count from both sides to find the exact middle value without calculating mean or mode.
Failing to sort the data in ascending or descending order before identifying the middle term, which leads to selecting a number that is not the actual median.
Sort the data
First, arrange the given numbers in ascending order: 14, 14, 29, 40, 48, 50, 51, 73, 76, 78, 89.
14,14,29,40,48,50,51,73,76,78,89
Count the number of observations
Count the total number of elements (n) in the data set. Here, n=11.
n=11
Apply median formula
Since n is odd, the median is the value at the position 2n+1тАЛ.
211+1тАЛ=6th┬аterm
Identify the median
The 6th term in the sorted sequence (14, 14, 29, 40, 48, 50...) is 50.
Median=50
D is correct because 50 is the middle value (6th term) of the sorted data set of 11 elements.
Median is a positional average and is not affected by outliers, making it more robust than Mean for skewed distributions in Data Analysis.