What Is the Median of the Following Set of Twelve $\quad$

question 31

Multiple Choice

What is the median of the following set of twelve grades?
55 $\quad$ 60 $\quad$ 62 $\quad$ 67 $\quad$ 70 $\quad$ 72 $\quad$ 75 $\quad$ 76 $\quad$ 77 $\quad$ 85 $\quad$ 95

• A)Since these are interval-ratio scores,the median cannot be found.
• B)72
• C)73
• D)74

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