Is the median of a frequency distribution table independent of the scale taken? If not,then why is it so? My attempt: I think that if the scale is modified ,still the median term remains the same as it is dependent on the number of terms , while not considering individual values
Median of a frequency distribution table
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1Which term is the middle one does not change if you multiply everything by a constant $k$, but the value of that term does change as it has been multiplied by $k$. So the median is multiplied by $k$ on scaling – 2017-02-18
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0So if the terms were previously in cm..and now been converted to meter ...we consider it as a change in median value ,right ? – 2017-02-18
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2Yes: if you had three people with heights $155$cm, $176$cm and $183$cm then the median value would be $176$. In metres the median of $1.55,1.76,1.83$ would be $1.76$. Whether you see that as a change or not is more linguistics than mathematics – 2017-02-18