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WAEC Economics 2021 Objective — Question 5

Question 5 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Economics 2021 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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5. One way of obtaining the median of a given data is to

  • A. sum the value and divide by the number of items.
  • B. arrange the data in ascending order and subtract each item from the mean.
  • C. arrange the data in descending order, and add each item to the least.
  • D. arrange the data in either ascending or descending order and find what item divides the set in two equal parts.Correct

Explanation

The median is the middle value of a data set once it's arranged in order — the point that divides the data into two equal halves.

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