A Student Wanted to See If the Median Number of Facebook

question 55

Short Answer

A student wanted to see if the median number of Facebook friends is more than 200. For a random
sample of 42 people, 30 people had more than 200 friends while the rest had less than 200 friends. Find
the value of the test statistic.

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Definitions:

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Bystander Effect

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