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Home Care
Data are collected on the number of house calls (x) made in a given week by each of 60 nurses in a certain hospital. The same data set is displayed in each of the three histograms below. NARREND
-According to the stem-and-leaf plot below, the median quiz score for this data set is 8. $$\begin{array} { l }
\text { Stem-and-leaf of Quiz Score; } \mathrm { N } = 75 \
\text { Leaf Unit = } 1 \
\begin{array} { lll }
9&0 & 000112333 \
14&0 & 56899 \
21&1 & 0000123 \
26&1 & 66699 \
33&2 & 3334445 \
(8)&2 & 66677888 \
34&3 & 0023344 \
27&3 & 56669999 \
19&4 & 000122233 \
10&4 & 5556667790
\end{array}\end{array}$$

Question

NARRBEGIN: Home Care
Home Care
Data are collected on the number of house calls (x) made in a given week by each of 60 nurses in a certain hospital. The same data set is displayed in each of the three histograms below.    NARREND
-According to the stem-and-leaf plot below, the median quiz score for this data set is 8. $$\begin{array} { l } 
\text { Stem-and-leaf of Quiz Score; } \mathrm { N } = 75 \
\text { Leaf Unit = } 1 \
\begin{array} { lll } 
9&0 & 000112333 \
14&0 & 56899 \
21&1 & 0000123 \
26&1 & 66699 \
33&2 & 3334445 \
(8)&2 & 66677888 \
34&3 & 0023344 \
27&3 & 56669999 \
19&4 & 000122233 \
10&4 & 5556667790
\end{array}\end{array}$$

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The median is the middle value of the ordered data set. With 75 scores, the median is the 38th score, which is not 8.

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Data Are Collected on the Number