What is the median of the following data?
2, 3, 10, 0, \(-8\), \(-5\), \(-6\), 3, 11, \(-3\)
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 1
The median is the middle value once the data are arranged in order; negative numbers come first, the most negative at the start. With an even number of values the median is the average of the two middle values.
In ascending order: \(-8,\ -6,\ -5,\ -3,\ 0,\ 2,\ 3,\ 3,\ 10,\ 11\)
10 values, so the middle values are the 5th (0) and the 6th (2)
Median \(\displaystyle=\frac{0+2}{2}=1\)
The median is 1.