Question

Find the median of the following data

15, 6, 16, 8, 22, 21, 9, 18, 25

Answer 1

First we have to arrange given data into ascending order

6, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25

Given number of observations, n = 9 (odd)

Therefore median = ((n+1)/2)th term

Median = value of 5th term

= 16