The data set below has an outlier of 42.
2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 12, 12, 42
What effect does removing the outlier have on the distribution of the data?
Prob and Stat Review

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11th Grade
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Anthony Clark
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The mean will decrease
The median will decrease
The mean will increase
The median will increase
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A data set is shown below.
56, 64, 73, 59, 98, 65, 59
If the outlier is removed from the data set, which measure of central tendency will be least affected?
range
mode
median
mean
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
As x increases, y increases
correlation coefficient
causation
positive correlation
negative correlation
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the correlation?
Negative correlation
No correlation
Positive correlation
All of the above
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
±0.45%
±1.72%
±5.35%
±6.38%
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
.05
.06
1414.51
7.45
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
confidence interval
margin of error
population mean
sample mean
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