What is the median of the data set below? round to the nearest whole number. test scores 77, 92, 84, 97, 72, 88, 77

The median is either, the middle term in an ordered set of elements when the number of elements is odd, or the average of the two central terms if the number of elements is even. Here we have 7, and odd number of terms so the median will just be the center term when they are ordered from least to greatest ...

72, 77, 77, 84, 88, 92, 97

So the central term is 84 and this is your median.