Abby is collecting rainfall data. She finds that one value of the data set is a high-value outlier. Which statement must be true?

A high-value outlier lies far above the other data values, increasing the distances from the mean. Standard deviation measures the typical distance of data values from the mean, so this outlier increases the standard deviation. The correct choice is “The outlier will increase the standard deviation of the data set.”

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