Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.4 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 173: 28a

Answer

115 and 1000 are outliers.

Work Step by Step

In ascending order: 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 26, 26, 27, 28, 28, 32, 33, 33, 35, 36, 36, 38, 39, 48, 50, 51, 54, 54, 59, 64, 65, 67, 75, 80, 101, 115, 1000 There are 40 observations. $Q_2=median$ is the mean between the 20th and the 21th observations in ascending order: $Q_2=\frac{33+33}{2}=33$ The botton half of the data: 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 21, 22, 22, 26, 26, 27, 28, 28, 32, 33. $Q_1$ is the median of these values. Since there are 20 observations, the median is the mean between the 10th and the 11th observation in ascending order: $Q_1=\frac{21+21}{2}=21$ The top half of the data: 33, 35, 36, 36, 38, 39, 48, 50, 51, 54, 54, 59, 64, 65, 67, 75, 80, 101, 115, 1000. $Q_3$ is the median of these values. Since there are 20 observations, the median is the mean between the 10th and the 11th observation in ascending order: $Q_3=\frac{54+54}{2}=54$ $IQR=Q_3-Q_1=54-21=33$ $Lower~fence=Q_1-1.5\times IQR=-28.5$ $Upper~fence=Q_3+1.5\times IQR=103.5$ Since 115 and 1000 are greater than 103.5, they are outliers. There are no other outliers.
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