Statistics for the Life Sciences (5th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32198-958-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-32198-958-1

Unit 1 - Highlights and Study (Reflections on Chapters 1-5) - Unit 1 Summary Exercises - Page 173: 1.2

Answer

62 is the largest possible away from the mean value of 70. 62 is an outlier of the data set.

Work Step by Step

Therefore 62 is making the largest possible contribution to the standard deviation. So, 62 must be removed from the data points.
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