A group of 149 people were asked to rate on a scale of 1 to

A group of 149 people were asked to rate, on a scale of 1 to 10, their feelings toward a political candidate based on a number of issues. The table below shows the responses given to one of the items on the questionnaire. Find the median. Explain how you came to this conclusion

Solution

To find the median in this problem we need first see the values of the table

Step 1

order the values of the table ( frequencys)

Step 2

When you have ordered the values, we will find the median just need to see in the middle of the table because that is the place where the median is

For example if you have 149 datas you will find the median between the data in the position ( because you already order) 74 and 75

that will be the value of the median