Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 1-11905-571-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-11905-571-6

Chapter 3 - Self-Review Test - Page 122: 2

Answer

a,d.

Work Step by Step

a. The mean is influenced by extreme values; because all values are treated equally as they are summed, one extreme value outside the normal values can greatly affect the resulting calculated average. d. The range is influenced by extreme values, because it is the measure of taking the difference between the largest and the smallest value in a data set.
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