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Level 1: Describing data Problem 2 of 53 Free

Median of a sample

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The task

Here are 8 minutes to resolve a support ticket (minutes), in the order they were recorded: 46, 35, 28, 23, 26, 17, 29, 36. What is the median? Round to 2 decimal places.

What this problem teaches

Sort the values first. With an even count, the median is the average of the two middle values.

A hint if you get stuck

Sort the values first. With an even count, the median is the average of the two middle values.

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