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Question 134

Jason collected data on the length of stay (LOS) for 10 patients and then determined the LOS as follows:

What is wrong with Jason's determination of the median?

There is nothing wrong with Jason's determination of the median.

Jason forgot to put the numbers in sequential order before determining the median.

It is not possible to determine the median on such a small number of data points.

It is not possible to determine the median on an even number of data points.

Correct Answer: B

The correct method to determine the median is to first arrange the data in ascending order. Jason did not arrange the numbers in sequential order before determining the median. The median is the middle number in a sorted, ascending or descending, list of numbers. Since Jason did not arrange the numbers in order, the median he determined is incorrect.

Discussion

DreamerOption: B

correct answer = B. Jason forgot to put the numbers in sequential order before determining the median.

Amaka2021Option: B

Correct answer is B