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In statistics, the median is the middle value in a given list of numbers arranged in ascending or descending order.
MEDIAN (Individual Series): with odd number of items
Wages Wages 1. Arrange data in ascending order
(X) (X) n1 + th
2. Median = term
500 100 2
200 200 5 + 1 th
= term
100 300 2
300 400 = 3 term
rd
400 500
= 300
n = 5
What if there are even number of items. Lets see!
MEDIAN (Individual Series): with even number of items
1. Arrange data in ascending order
Wages Wages
(X) (X) n1 + th
2. Median = term
2
500 100
6 + 1 th
200 200 = 2 term
100 300
th
300 400 = 3.5 term
600 500 3 term + 4 term 300 + 400
th
rd
= =
400 600 2 2
n = 6 = 350
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