A researcher records 17 scores.What is the median position of these scores?
A) the 9th score in numeric order
B) the average of the 9th and 10th scores in numeric order
C) the average of the 8th and 9th scores in numeric order
D) it's not possible to know this without the raw scores

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The median position in an ordered list of 17 scores is the middle value, which is the 9th score because there are 8 scores before it and 8 scores after it.

A Researcher Records 17 Scores