False, that is if the number of data observations is even, the median is generally considered to be the average of middle values not the first and last values.
The median is a simple measure of central tendency. To find the median, we arrange the observations in order from smallest to largest value. If there is an odd number of observations, the median is the middle value. If there is an even number of observations, the median is the average of the two middle values.
At least half of the observations are equal to or smaller than the median, and at least half of the measurements are equal to or greater than the median. The median divides the bottom half of observations from the upper half.
Even Number of Observations :
Suppose we have the monthly wages of 4 employees of a company. How would you find the median wage?
wages are 120,240,500,400
we have arranged their wages above from lowest to highest. This ranking will help us to determine the median. Using the method introduced earlier, the median is computed by taking the simple average of the (n/2)ᵗʰ = (4/2)ᵗʰ = 2ⁿᵈ and
(n/2 + 1)ᵗʰ = (2+1)ᵗʰ = 3ʳᵈ observations.
Therefore, the median is 240+500/2
= 370.
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if the number of data observations is even, the median is generally considered to be the average of the first and last values
