Question

In this set of data, would the mean or median be affected more with a data point of 20? Explain.

Here is the data set:
{1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7}

Answer 1

5 is the median

Explanation:

The "median" is the "middle" of the set of numbers. Considering there are 13 total numbers, making it un-even, there can be an equal amount of numbers taken off of each side with a middle number remaining. That middle number will be your median..