Dr.Gates was studying memory in young children.Five children were asked to remember a list of words.Judd and Caroline each remembered 7 words.Byron remembered 6 words, Eve remembered 5 words, and Gunther remembered 4 words.For these five children, the median number of words that were recalled was:

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The median is the middle value when the data is ordered. So, we need to order the number of words recalled by each child: 
4, 5, 6, 7, 7 
The middle value is 6, so the median number of words recalled is 6.0 words. Therefore, the best choice is B.

DrGates Was Studying Memory in Young Children