Question

Find the median for the following group of data items 8,5,4,3,9,6,2,4

Answer 1

Given:

The data are,

`8,5,4,3,9,6,2,4`

To find:

The median

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us write it in ascending order.

`2,3,4,4,5,6,8,9`

We know that the median is the middle value of the data.

Here,

`\begin{gathered} (4+5)/(2)=(9)/(2) \\ =4.5 \end{gathered}`

The median of the data is 4.5.

Final answer:

The median of the data is 4.5.