SA9 Calculate Median from a list

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Created this as a copy of Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample.

Name	Status	Author	Last Modified
Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample	Ready to use	Stanislav Duris	20/11/2019 14:34
Ioannis's copy of Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample	draft	Ioannis Lignos	17/09/2019 12:45
Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample	draft	Hugh O'Donnell	16/01/2018 13:54
Measures of central tendency from a list	Needs to be tested	Lauren Frances Desoysa	04/10/2021 12:37
Michael's copy of Measures of central tendency from a list	draft	Michael Proudman	07/12/2021 09:49
kopie mediaan gemiddelde aantal 20	draft	Johan Maertens	09/12/2018 13:05
Calculate descriptive statistics for a sample	Has some problems	Mario Orsi	08/03/2019 14:07
Calculate mean, median and standard deviation for a sample	draft	Mario Orsi	13/03/2019 14:02
Tom's copy of Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample	draft	Tom Bold	18/06/2019 10:50
Ruth's copy of Calculate descriptive statistics for a sample	draft	Ruth Allison	02/07/2019 12:01
Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample	draft	Xiaodan Leng	10/07/2019 21:35
Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample	draft	Adelle Colbourn	13/08/2020 00:48
Zentralmaße für einen Datensatz bestimmen	Should not be used	Andreas Vohns	02/12/2020 15:42
1 Calculate the measures of central tendency for a sample	draft	Adelle Colbourn	08/06/2023 10:40
SA9 Calculate Median from a list	Ready to use	Upuli Wickramaarachchi	04/04/2024 11:10
SA6 Calculate Range	Ready to use	Lauren Desoysa	04/04/2024 11:08
SA8 Calculate Mode From a list	Ready to use	Lauren Desoysa	04/04/2024 11:05

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Question statement

A random sample of 20 residents from Newcastle were asked about the number of times they went to see a play at the theatre last year.

Here is the list of their answers:

$\var{a[0]}$	$\var{a[1]}$	$\var{a[2]}$	$\var{a[3]}$	$\var{a[4]}$	$\var{a[5]}$	$\var{a[6]}$	$\var{a[7]}$	$\var{a[8]}$	$\var{a[9]}$
$\var{a[10]}$	$\var{a[11]}$	$\var{a[12]}$	$\var{a[13]}$	$\var{a[14]}$	$\var{a[15]}$	$\var{a[16]}$	$\var{a[17]}$	$\var{a[18]}$	$\var{a[19]}$

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

a	list	List of 20 items
a_s	list	List of 20 items
mean	number	3.85
median	number	5
mode	list	[ 5 ]
mode1	integer	5
range	number	8
modetimes	list	[ 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 6, 3, 1, 1 ]

			Name	Type	Generated Value

modea1	list	[ 3, 4 ]
modea2	list	[ 5 ]
a1	list	List of 20 items
a2	list	List of 20 items
a3	list	List of 20 items

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if(len(modea1) = 1, a1, if(len(modea2) = 1, a2, a3))

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The final list.

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Generated value: `list`

[ 5, 4, 7, 5, 6, 5, 5, 3, 1, 2, 1, 0, 6, 0, 5, 0, 5, 8, 3, 6 ]

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The median is the middle value. We need to sort the list in order:

\[ \var{a_s[0]}, \quad \var{a_s[1]}, \quad \var{a_s[2]}, \quad \var{a_s[3]}, \quad \var{a_s[4]}, \quad \var{a_s[5]}, \quad \var{a_s[6]}, \quad \var{a_s[7]}, \quad \var{a_s[8]}, \quad \var{a_s[9]}, \quad \var{a_s[10]}, \quad \var{a_s[11]}, \quad \var{a_s[12]}, \quad \var{a_s[13]}, \quad \var{a_s[14]}, \quad \var{a_s[15]}, \quad \var{a_s[16]}, \quad \var{a_s[17]}, \quad \var{a_s[18]}, \quad \var{a_s[19]} \]

There is an even number of responses, so there are two numbers in the middle (10^th and 11^th place). To find the median, we need to find the mean of these two numbers $\var{a_s[9]}$ and $\var{a_s[10]}$:

\begin{align}
\frac{\var{a_s[9]} + \var{a_s[10]}}{2} &= \frac{\var{a_s[9] + a_s[10]}}{2} \\
&= \var{median} \text{.}
\end{align}

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