Question

what is the median? 3 1 8 6 5

Explanation:

Step1: Sort the data

Sort the numbers \(1,3,5,6,8\).

Step2: Find the median

Since there are \(n = 5\) (odd number of data points), the median is the \(\frac{n + 1}{2}\) -th value. \(\frac{5+ 1}{2}=3\) -rd value. The third value in \(1,3,5,6,8\) is \(5\).

Answer:

\(5\)