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  1. Xref: sparky sci.math:13275 sci.math.stat:2142
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!torn!newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca!roussea
  3. From: roussea@server.uwindsor.ca (ROUSSEAU PAUL            )
  4. Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.math.stat
  5. Subject: Help! Median Statistical Median Problem
  6. Message-ID: <1679@newsserver.cs.uwindsor.ca>
  7. Date: 16 Oct 1992 00:10:44 GMT
  8. Sender: news@server.uwindsor.ca
  9. Followup-To: sci.math
  10. Distribution: na
  11. Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  12. Lines: 44
  13.  
  14. Could anyone tell me how to solve this problem.  It's from a
  15. course on social statistics and I'm not a math whiz so
  16. easy on the tech talk.
  17.  
  18. The Problem:
  19.  
  20. Find the median for the data that follows:
  21.  
  22. Age            Number of            Number of
  23.             Males                Females
  24.  
  25. 8-9                 1                     0
  26.  
  27. 10-11                  5                     0
  28.  
  29. 12-13                  42                 16
  30.  
  31. 14-15                  68                 77
  32.  
  33. 16-17                  64                 74
  34.  
  35. 18-19                   72                     70
  36.  
  37. 20-21                          29                  32
  38.  
  39. 22-23                    13                  28
  40.  
  41. 24-25                    13              12
  42.  
  43. 26-27                    2                    3
  44.  
  45. 28-29                    0                   5
  46.  
  47. 30-31                    2               2                    
  48. Please send help via e-mail
  49.  
  50.  
  51. Total               311                   319    
  52.                                   
  53. -- 
  54. Paul Rousseau            roussea@uwindsor.ca
  55. (519) 735-7959            "It's too bad ignorance is not painful"
  56.                         -anonymous
  57.  
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