Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE regarding the calculating of the median of a data set. ___Before the median (or midpoint) of a data set can be determined, the quantitative data must be arranged in order (usually low to high). ___If there is an even number of members in the data set, there is no median. ___If there is an even number of members in the data set, the median is the average of the value just before and just after the midpoint.

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Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE regarding the calculating of the median of a data set.

___Before the median (or midpoint) of a data set can be determined, the quantitative data must be arranged in order (usually low to high).

___If there is an even number of members in the data set, there is no median.

___If there is an even number of members in the data set, the median is the average of the value just before and just after the midpoint.

___If there is an odd number of members in the data set, the median will be a member of the data set.

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