Question 8 • Concepts in Probability and Statistics A
Deepali was given two data sets, one without an outlier and one with an outlier. Data without an outlier: 15, 19, 22, 26, 29Data with an outlier: 15, 19, 22, 26, 29, 81How is the mean affected by an outlier?
Answer
A
The outlier did not affect the mean at all.
B
The outlier made the mean higher than all the other values.
C
The outlier made the mean lower than all the other values.
D
The mean is centered around all the other numbers in both sets of data.