Compute median from the below histogram.

eddy2017 said:
[math]2, 6, 8 ,7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19[/math]9 is the median
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9 is the median of that set of data, but that's not the data you are looking at.
Let's go back to the basics for a minute.
If you have 5 pieces of data in numerical order eg 2, 4, 7, 8 ,9, what is the position of the median?
 
Harry_the_cat said:
9 is the median of that set of data, but that's not the data you are looking at.
Let's go back to the basics for a minute.
If you have 5 pieces of data in numerical order eg 2, 4, 7, 8 ,9, what is the position of the median?
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7
 
Harry_the_cat said:
Great. So if there are n pieces of data and n is odd, the median is at the (n+1)/2 position.
Now consider if n is even. What position is the median of say 6 data points eg
4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14
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I have two middle numbers. Have to add them up and divide by 2
[math](8 + 9)/2= 8.5[/math]
 
eddy2017 said:
The position: smack-dab between the 3rd and 4th position
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Yes, so if n is even the median is smack-dab in the middle of position n/2 and
(n/2)+1.
Ok. So back to your original question which had 90 data points. What is the position of the median?
 
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