For the data set:   5,  11,  1,  2,  27,  30,  15  we would have the middle number being 2.  Why isn’t 2 the median here – what did we forget to do or what is missing?

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Problem 401E: Explain in your own words the difference between the mean, median, and mode of a set of numbers.
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For the data set:   5,  11,  1,  2,  27,  30,  15  we would have the middle number being 2.  Why isn’t 2 the median here – what did we forget to do or what is missing?

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