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Zorluk: KolayDescriptive Statistics and Data Representations

A scientist records the daily growth of a plant in millimeters over 5 days in the table below:

DayGrowth (mm)
Monday6
Tuesday12
Wednesday4
Thursday11
Friday7

What is the median daily growth, in millimeters, of the plant over these 5 days?

  1. A
    4
  2. B
    6
  3. 7Cevap
  4. D
    8
  5. E
    10

Cevap

7
To find the median daily growth, first list the growth values in order from least to greatest: 4, 6, 7, 11, 12. Since there are 5 values, the median is the middle value (the third number), which is 7.

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1
List the daily growth values from the table.
6, 12, 4, 11, 7
Identify the raw data points that need to be analyzed.
2
Arrange the growth values in order from least to greatest.
4, 6, 7, 11, 12
The median is the middle value of an ordered dataset.
3
Find the middle value in the sorted list of 5 numbers.
7
Since there are 5 numbers, the median is the 3rd number in the ordered list, which is 7.

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The median of a set of data is the middle number when the data values are arranged in order from least to greatest.
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