A researcher has measured self-esteem for a sample of 40 first-grade children. If the researcher wanted to divide the children into two equal-sized groups consisting of the high self-esteem kids and the low self-esteem kids, which statistical measure would identify the correct score to serve as the boundary between the high and the low self-esteem groups?

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Chloe Pratt

Social Studies

1 February, 12:24

A researcher has measured self-esteem for a sample of 40 first-grade children. If the researcher wanted to divide the children into two equal-sized groups consisting of the high self-esteem kids and the low self-esteem kids, which statistical measure would identify the correct score to serve as the boundary between the high and the low self-esteem groups?

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Camila Richard · Answer 1

the median

Explanation:

Median: In statistics, the median represents the "middle value" in a particular set of numbers or anything else that needs to measure. To find out the median, a person needs to arrange the set of numbers in order from the least to the greatest numbers. These numbers or values should be set out in numerical order and the value or the number that appears in the middle of the list should be identified and noted down as the median.

In the question above, the statistical measure that needs to be used is the "median".