Test question*: Consider a class of 10 people taking a statistics test. The scores of those 10 people are:
50%, 52%, 55%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 75%, 75%, 95%, 100%
A) What is the average test score?
B) What is the median test score?
C) How many people scored below the average?
D) How many people scored below the median?
Apparently, Donald Trump Jr. would fail this test.
*Correct answers:
a) 68.2%
b) 60%<Median<65%
c) Six people are below average
d) 50% of the class is below the median (5 students). That's the DEFINITION of a median.
That's how STATISTICS works.
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