STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS
MEASURES OF VARIABILITY
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Question
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You are given a list of numbers with a median of 10. Each of the numbers is doubled. What will happen to the median of the second set of numbers?
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It will increase by one-half
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It will double
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It will stay the same
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Not enough information is given
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -To find the median of any set of numbers, put them in order from smallest to greatest. If a number occurs more than once, list it more than once. The number in the middle is the median. If there is an even number of numbers, the median is the average of the two numbers in the middle.
Detailed explanation-2: -The statistics. median() method calculates the median (middle value) of the given data set. This method also sorts the data in ascending order before calculating the median. Tip: The mathematical formula for Median is: Median = (n + 1) / 2th value, where n is the number of values in a set of data.
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