Describe the impact on the median of removing 12 from the following dataset: 2, 5, 19, 16, 12, 14, 4, 12, 8.(1 point)

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The median decreases.
The median decreases.

The median disappears.
The median disappears.

The median increases.
The median increases.

The median stays the same.

Answer 1

The impact on the median of removing 12 from the dataset is that the median stays the same. The new dataset without 12 would be: 2, 5, 19, 16, 14, 4, 8. Since 12 was not the median value, removing it does not change the position of the median in the dataset.