Question 75 · LEK · Basics of medical statistics
For a dataset, the median is the value which:
- A. splits dataset in half (with one half being below and the other one above this value).
- B. is the most frequent.
- C. is statistically closest to all of the values in the distribution.
- D. is a measure of statistical dispersion.
- E. splits data set into five sub-groups.
Hint
Think of the middle observation when all values are sorted in order.
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