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# The table above shows the distribution of the number

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The table above shows the distribution of the number [#permalink]  27 Mar 2014, 15:56
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The table above shows the distribution of the number of absences from certain English class during the spring semester. For those students who had at least 1 absence, what was the median number of absences?

A) 1.5
B) 2
C) 2.5
D) 3
E) 3.5

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When students who did not have at least 1 absence are eliminated, there are 28 - 4 = 24 students left.
The numbers of absences are then 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 or more, 5 or more, 5 or more.
Because 24 is even, the median number of absences for the 24 students is the mean of the 12th and 13th highest number of absences.
Both of these numbers are 2 and so the median number of absences is 2.

Hi, it appears that number of precise absence in " 5 more" absence is not relevant to the median calculation.
Can anyone explain this to me, please.
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Re: The table above shows the distribution of the number [#permalink]  27 Mar 2014, 20:03
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The table above shows the distribution of the number of absences from certain English class during the spring semester. For those students who had at least 1 absence, what was the median number of absences?

A) 1.5
B) 2
C) 2.5
D) 3
E) 3.5

OE:
[Reveal] Spoiler:
When students who did not have at least 1 absence are eliminated, there are 28 - 4 = 24 students left.
The numbers of absences are then 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 or more, 5 or more, 5 or more.
Because 24 is even, the median number of absences for the 24 students is the mean of the 12th and 13th highest number of absences.
Both of these numbers are 2 and so the median number of absences is 2.

Hi, it appears that number of precise absence in " 5 more" absence is not relevant to the median calculation.
Can anyone explain this to me, please.

Yes, it isn't and the reason is this:
In the list {2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13, 17, 20, 10098}, what is the median? It is 11. Since the total number of items is 9 so median is the middle element i.e. the fifth element.
Does 10098 play any role in the median? No!

Similarly, your list here looks like this:
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 or more, 5 or more, 5 or more
It doesn't matter what the last three items are. The median will be the average of the 12th and the 13 the term since there are a total of 24 terms (3+10+3+5+3). Both 12th and 13th terms are 2 so median will be 2.
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