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Introduction to statistics

Question

$If a variable takes the discrete values α+4, α− \frac{7}{2}, α - \frac{5}{2}, α - 3, α - 2, α + \frac{1}{2}, α - \frac{1}{2}, α + 5 (α > 0) t h e n t h e m e d i a n i s$

Moderate

A

$α - \frac{5}{4}$
B

$α - \frac{1}{2}$
C

$α - 2$
D

$α + \frac{5}{4}$

Solution

$Arrange the data as follows: α− \frac{7}{2}, α - 3, α - \frac{5}{2}, α - 2, α - \frac{1}{2}, α + \frac{1}{2}, α + 4, α + 5$
$\begin{array}{l} M e d i a n = \frac{1}{2} [v a l u e of 4 t h item + v a l u e of 5 t h item] \\ ∴ M e d i a n = \frac{α - 2 + α - \frac{1}{2}}{2} = \frac{2 α - \frac{5}{2}}{2} = α - \frac{5}{4} \end{array}$

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