+118608 Sorry anon but you have found the mean (average) NOT the median (middle)
-7,-1,0,8,4,2,-7, 2
line them up in oder
-7,-7,-1,0,2,2,4,8
The median is the middle score. Here there are 2 middle scores so the median will be the averagae of them.
median=(0+2)/2=2/2=1
The median is 1
$${\frac{\left({\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{7}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{1}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{8}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{4}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{7}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{2}}{\mathtt{\,\small\textbf+\,}}{\mathtt{0}}\right)}{{\mathtt{8}}}} = {\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{{\mathtt{8}}}} = {\mathtt{0.125}}$$
.+118608 Sorry anon but you have found the mean (average) NOT the median (middle)
-7,-1,0,8,4,2,-7, 2
line them up in oder
-7,-7,-1,0,2,2,4,8
The median is the middle score. Here there are 2 middle scores so the median will be the averagae of them.
median=(0+2)/2=2/2=1
The median is 1
