Question

What is the median of Variable A? Express answer to one decimal place.

Scatter plot on a first quadrant coordinate grid. The horizontal axis is labeled Variable A. The vertical axis is labeled Variable B. Points are plotted at (one, eight), (two, three), (four, two), (four, six), (five, two), (six, one), (seven, three), (nine, five).

Answer 1

The median of variable A is the middle value when the all the values for variable A is arranged from smallest to greatest.
The values for variable A are
1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
The middle value is between 4 and 5. The median is between 4 and 5.
(4 + 5) /2 = 4.5

The median is 4.5