Question

My question is to find the median of the following data set:

Books read:
0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 11
12 - 14

Number of people:
20
60
50
120
15

Answer 1

I know what median is and how to find it... but the data set is confusing to me since it isn't exact :/

Answer 2

the data doesn't have to be "exact", it just have to be the same for each set to make the set and correlate

Answer 3

sort them 1st, then take it from there :)

Answer 4

Books read will be 6-8
and number of people will be 50
For me :/

Answer 5

Yes, I know. But how am I supposed to sort numbers that aren't even there? Like "0-2" How do I sort THAT out

Answer 6

@xoya what....? Why did you restate what I posted?

Answer 7

well, 0-2 is just 1 item of a set

Answer 8

I gave 0-2 as an example. you have 0 - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
9 - 11
12 - 14.

HOW do I lay those out? I know 20 people read 0-2 books but I don't know if they read ONE book, TWO books, or ZERO books

Answer 9

LOL leavee :(

Answer 10

the data set can contain individuals, or groups
in this case your data set 1 is a group
while the data set 2 is just an individual

still each of the items are treated as singular in themselves, inside the data set

Answer 11

@ivettef365 @MathLegend @Mertsj @mathstudent55

Answer 12

how many people are there total

Answer 13

265 @jim_thompson5910

Answer 14

so the median will be the person who is at position 133 since 265/2 = 132 remainder 1

because you have an odd number of people, the median will be a number in this list

132 people will be below the median
132 people will be above the median
the median will be between the first 132 people and the last 132 people

Answer 15

notice how 20+60 = 80, which is less than 132

and how 20+60+50 = 130, still too low

Answer 16

you just need 3 more people, and that lands you in the 9 - 11 range

Answer 17

That honestly makes no sense... I don't know how to lay my information out, that's all i need... I know how to find the median but my data set is confusing. do i lay it out as:
20, 20, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 120, 120, 120..... ETC

Answer 18

ok, well when they say there are 20 people in the 0-2 range, it means there are 20 people who read 0 books, 1 book or 2 books

Answer 19

Mhm

Answer 20

so the first row of 0-2 20 *could* translate to this list

0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2

Answer 21

or it could be this

1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2

Answer 22

all we know is that there are 20 people that read between 0 and 2 books

Answer 23

I think i'm better off if I call my teacher....

Answer 24

The first 20 read between 0 and 2 books

the next 60 read between 3 and 5 books

so 20+60 = 80 read between 0 and 5 books

Answer 25

the next 50 read between 6 and 8 books

so 20+60+50 = 130 people read between 0 and 8 books

Answer 26

Thanks, but I'm just going to call my teacher about it. I only partially understand what you're telling me

Answer 27

if you have them sorted by the number of books read, then the first 132 people will be below the median

so far, we're at 130 people

Answer 28

ok fine

Answer 29

Thanks for trying~!