Question 9 • Concepts in Probability and Statistics A
Sora was given two data sets, one without an outlier and one with an outlier. Data without an outlier: 108, 113, 105, 118, 124, 121, 109Data with an outlier: 108, 113, 105, 118, 124, 121, 109, 41How 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.