34Median and mode
Find the median and the mode of 7, 3, 9, 3, 5, 8, 3, 6.
The median is 5.5 and the mode is 3. Sorting gives 3, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: the two middle values (5 and 6) average to 5.5, and 3 appears most often (three times).
Find the median and the mode of 7, 3, 9, 3, 5, 8, 3, 6.
The median is 5.5 and the mode is 3. Sorting gives 3, 3, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: the two middle values (5 and 6) average to 5.5, and 3 appears most often (three times).