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Q: Does a median divide a data set in half?
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What does the median of a set of data tell you?

The median is the midpoint of the data set. So half the observations are greater than the median and half are smaller.


What divides a set of data in half?

Median


What does the median tell you about the data?

The median, by definition, tells you the "half way point" of your data. Exactly half of the observations in the dataset will be less than the median and half will be greater than the median.


The middle number in a set of data showing that half of the data falls and half comes after it?

median


What is the median of the upper half of the data set?

It is the upper quartile.


The upper quartile of the data set?

the upper quartile is the median of the upper half of a set of data. ;p


Three values one of which is the median that divide a data set into fourths?

Quartiles.


What is the median of the lower half of a data set called?

It is the lower quartile.


What if the data set was even and the numbers were the same for the median?

You then add the two middle ones and divide by two to get the median. If the numbers are the same then that is your median.


How do you use median in maths?

The median is a measure of central tendency. In a set of data, it is the value such that half the observed values are larger and half are smaller.


What is median in the set of data?

The median in a set of data, would be the middle item of the data string... such as: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 the Median of this set of data would be: 4


What is the median of two and one half?

The median of a data set comprising only one value is that value. So the median of 2.5 is 2.5.