A hockey club scored 3, 1, 4, 2, 6, 2, 5 and 0 goals in its last eight matches. What is the median number of goals per match?

2Correct answerYour answer2.5Correct answerYour answer2.875Correct answerYour answer3Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

Sorted: 0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
With 8 values the median is the average of the 4th and 5th values.
Median = $\frac{2 + 3}{2} = 2.5$ .

Worth noting

With an even count there is no single middle value; you must average the two middle ones. 2 is the mode, 2.875 is the mean, and 3 is only the 5th value.

Concept: Median of an even number of observations
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A hockey club scored 3, 1, 4, 2, 6, 2, 5 and 0 goals in its last eight matches. What is the median number of goals per match?

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