Question

The following list contains the number of hours that a sampleof 8 middle-school students spent watching television last week.16, 7, 14, 17, 18, 6, 4, 18Find the median number of hours forthat sample.

Answer 1

Answer:

The median is 15

Explanation:

To find the median, we need to first arrange the numbers in order (ascending or descending)

In ascending order, we have:

4, 6, 7, 14, 16, 17, 18, 18

The median is the middle number. In this case, there is no specific number that is in the middle, so we take the average of the two middle numbers

The two middle numbers are:

14 and 16

Average = (14 + 16)/2 =30/2 = 15