Answer to Question #31037 in Statistics and Probability for Aaron Okievs.

Question #31037
In a study on survival time for ten patients following a new treatment for AIDS. The time in months were given thus: 24, 12, 8, 20, 3, 18, 24, 25,and 27.Determine the median for the given data.

a. 24
b. 6.8
c. 20
d. 17.9
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Expert's answer
2017-03-02T08:26:49-0500
The middle number of an ordered data set is called the median of the data set.
[Original data set] 24 12 8 20 3 18 24 25 27.
Arrange the date set in ascending order: 3 8 12 18 20 24 24 25 27.
The median of the data set, the middle number, is 20.

Answer: c. 20.

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