Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 3 - Data Description - Review Exercises - Section 3-3 - Page 180: 25

Answer

a. 400, b. no outlier.

Work Step by Step

a. 506, 511, 517, 514, 400, 521 Q1= 506, Q2= 512.5, Q3= 517, IQR=11, Range to check outliers: $506-1.5\times11$ to $517+1.5\times11$ or $489.5-533.5$ There is one outlier at 400 b. 3, 7, 9, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 12 Q1= 7, Q2= 9.5, Q3 =14, IQR=7 Range to check outliers: $7-1.5\times7$ to $14+1.5\times7$ or $(-3.5 ,24.5)$ No outlier.
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