Question

a group of 6 students was asked, \how many hours did you watch television last week?\ here are their responses.
14, 16, 19, 9, 5, 18
find the mean and median number of hours for these students.
if necessary, round your answers to the nearest tenth.
your answer
(a) mean: 13.5 hours
(b) median: hours

Explanation:

Step1: Order the data

First, we need to order the data set from least to greatest. The data is 14, 16, 19, 9, 5, 18. When ordered, it becomes 5, 9, 14, 16, 18, 19.

Step2: Find the median

Since there are 6 data points (an even number), the median is the average of the two middle numbers. The two middle numbers are the 3rd and 4th values in the ordered list. The 3rd value is 14 and the 4th value is 16. To find the median, we calculate the average of these two numbers: \(\frac{14 + 16}{2} = \frac{30}{2} = 15\).

Answer:

15