
Visual Summary:
Finding the Median in a Grouped Frequency Distribution
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Find the Middle Score The middle score = n / 2
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Find the Class Interval that Contains the Median Use the cumulative frequency column to find
the class interval that contains the median. This is the class interval
that has a cumulative frequency greater than or equal to
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Identify L L = the lower real limit of the class
interval that contains the median |
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Identify Fi Fi = the
frequency in the class interval that contains the median |
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Identify CFb CFb = the cumulative frequency in the class interval below the class interval that contains the median
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Compute the Median
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