Question

What is the median of the data set?

10, 15, 27, 33, 33, 36, 42, 47, 45, 56, 78

Answer 1

We can see that the number in the middle is 36. Hence the median of the data set is 36 the median of a data set is the number placed at the middle of a data after rearrangement either in ascending order or descending order.

Given the dataset 10, 15, 27, 33, 33, 36, 42, 47, 45, 56, 78

Explanation:

36

Answer 2

36

Explanation:

10, 15, 27, 33, 33, 36, 42, 47, 45, 56, 78

The median is the middle number of the set

There are 11 data points so the middle is 11/2 = 5.5

Round up so the middle is the 6th data point

10, 15, 27, 33, 33, 36, 42, 47, 45, 56, 78

The median is 36