A British literature instructor examines the number of class periods his students have missed by mid-terms and has the following data: 1, 0, 10, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 5, 2, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2. What is the median for this data set?
A)0
B)1
C)1)7
D)2)5

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To find the median, we need to arrange the data set in order from smallest to largest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 10. The middle value(s) is the median, which in this case is 1 since there are an equal number (9) of values on either side of it.

A British Literature Instructor Examines the Number of Class Periods