The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 20 - Inference about a Population Mean - Check Your Skills - Page 477: 20.24

Answer

Since the mean and standard deviation were used in the calculation of the confidence interval, the confidence interval will also be strongly influenced by the clear outlier.

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Since the mean and standard deviation were used in the calculation of the confidence interval, the confidence interval will also be strongly influenced by the clear outlier.
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