_______ is the middle value.

_______ is the middle value.

• A. Mean
• B. Mode
• C. Median
• D. Range

Answer: (C)

The middle value is described by the median—the value that sits at the center of a data set when the numbers are arranged in order. For an odd number of values, it’s the single middle number; for an even number, it’s the average of the two central numbers. The mean is the arithmetic average, which can be affected by extreme values; the mode is the most frequent value; the range is the difference between the largest and smallest values. Because “middle value” directly matches what the median computes, this is the correct choice.

The middle value is described by the median—the value that sits at the center of a data set when the numbers are arranged in order. For an odd number of values, it’s the single middle number; for an even number, it’s the average of the two central numbers. The mean is the arithmetic average, which can be affected by extreme values; the mode is the most frequent value; the range is the difference between the largest and smallest values. Because “middle value” directly matches what the median computes, this is the correct choice.