The _________ of a data set is the middle number when the observations are arranged in order from smallest to largest.
A) weighted mean
B) mode
C) median
D) arithmetic mean

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The definition given in the question is that of the median. The weighted mean is a type of mean which takes into account the weights of each observation. The mode is the most frequent value in the data set. The arithmetic mean is another type of mean which is found by summing all the observations and dividing by the total number of observations.

The _________ of a Data Set Is the Middle Number