GATE 2019 BT – Question 32
Engineering Mathematics · Probability and Statistics: Mean, median, mode, standard deviation, random variables, Poisson, normal and binomial distributions · 1 mark · Numerical answer
Find the median of 12,10,16,8,90,50,30,24.
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Correct answer: 20 to 20
Explanation
Order the values: 8,10,12,16,24,30,50,90. With eight observations, the median is the mean of positions four and five: (16+24)/2 = 20.
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