What is the median of 32 34 33 16 18 21 37 42 30 16 28 34 20 28 34 40?

Answer 1

31, here's how: The median is the middle number. In this case there are 16 data numbers. Since there are an even number of data, take the two closest to the middle, and average those two (the mean of those two). The Sorted list is below. The middle two numbers are 30 and 32, so average those to 31.

1. 16
2. 16
3. 18
4. 20
5. 21
6. 28
7. 28
8. 30
9. 32
10. 33
11. 34
12. 34
13. 34
14. 37
15. 40
16. 42