The median height of a student at a high school is 5' 9". Which of the following is a good interpretation of this value?

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Ay courses / STAT201-06 Elementary Statistics SP21 | Quizze
The median height of a student at a high school
5'
9". Which of the following is a good interpretation of
this value?
Select one:
a. The average height of the students in the
school is 5'9".
b. 25% of the students' heights are above 5'9".
c. 25% of the students' heights are below 5'9".
d. 50% of the students' heights are below 5'9".
Transcribed Image Text:(er 01-06 Elementary Statistics Ay courses / STAT201-06 Elementary Statistics SP21 | Quizze The median height of a student at a high school 5' 9". Which of the following is a good interpretation of this value? Select one: a. The average height of the students in the school is 5'9". b. 25% of the students' heights are above 5'9". c. 25% of the students' heights are below 5'9". d. 50% of the students' heights are below 5'9".
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Median:

Median divides the observations into two equal parts. It represents the middle value for a set of observations when they are arranged in order of magnitude. The middle data value when the data are entered in ascending order is termed as median. That is, the observation is located at the middle and represents the middle 50% of the data.

 

 

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