Question

Bouhours, and Daly (2007) conducted an analysis of the transcripts of juvenile court cases involving juvenile sex offenders. They gathered information about the types of penalties imposed on these youth. Once of the possible penalties was community service. Bouhours and Daly noted the 200 hours was the "midpoint" value for this sentence. Thus, 200 hours was the 50th percentile value for the length of community service sentences. What statistic is this?

A. Mean

B. Standard Deviation

C. Range

D. Median

E. Mode

Answer 1

Solution :

Given that ,

Thus, 200 hours was the 50th percentile value for the length of community service sentences .

Statistic is this is Median

Option D) is correct .