Question

What is the median of the following 6 test scores?
64, 72, 85, 80, 72, 89

Answer 1

76

Explanation:

The given data is 64, 72, 85, 80, 72, 89.

First we arrange it in ascending order.

64,72,72,80,85,89

The middle two terms are 72 and 80.

There are 6 no of observations.

The median when n is even is given by :

`M=(72+80)/(2)\\\\=76`

So, the median of given data is 76.