A research scientist lost a data point out of 100 observations, but luckily has the median. Of the dataset. He asks one of his research assistants to find the missing data point with the remainder 99 observations and the median. Which of the following is true?
A) this task is impossible, because the median does not take into account the magnitude of each observation.
B) this task is possible, but the research assistant also needs the mode.
C) This task is possible, but only after the research assistant puts the data into rank order.
D) This task is possible, but only after the research assistant is given the type of distribution that best represents the data.

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The median provides the middle value of a dataset when it is ordered but does not give information about the magnitude of each observation, making it impossible to determine a specific missing data point from the median alone.

A Research Scientist Lost a Data Point Out of 100