What is the likely effect if the analyst decides to include the lower outlier in the calculations?

A lower outlier is much smaller than the other values, so including it pulls the mean downward. The median depends on the middle value rather than how far an extreme value is from the rest, so it will likely remain about the same. Thus, choice A is correct: the median will remain about the same, but the mean will decrease.

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