Data Set Outlier

The prices at several different stores for a pair of shoes are shown below.
$78, $79, $81, $82, $83
Two days later, another store has the same shoes on sale for $65. How does the new price affect the data?

• Only the range was affected.
• The median increased, and the range increased.
• The mean increased, and the range increased.
• The mean decreased and the range increased.

The data set below has an outlier of 42.
2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 12, 12, 42
What effect does removing the outlier have on the distribution of the data?

• The mean will decrease
• The median will decrease
• The mean will increase
• The median will increase

The prices at several different stores for a pair of shoes are shown below.
$78, $79, $81, $82, $83
Two days later, another store has the same shoes on sale for $65. How does the new price affect the data?

• Only the range was affected.
• The median increased, and the range increased.
• The mean increased, and the range increased.
• The mean decreased and the range increased.

The data set below has an outlier of 42.
2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 12, 12, 42
What effect does removing the outlier have on the distribution of the data?

• The mean will decrease
• The median will decrease
• The mean will increase
• The median will increase

When using IQR to find outliers, which formula will identify the lower limit?

• Q3 - 1.5(IQR)

• Q1 + 1.5(IQR)

• Q1 - 1.5(IQR)

• Q3 + 1.5(IQR)

The salaries of the employees in a company are listed below:

$28,000 $45,000

$31,000 $42,000

$55,000 $72,000

$88,000 $53,000

If $88,000 was found to be an outlier, which salary would be the new maximum?

• $55,000

• $28,000

• $88,000

• $72,000

The prices at several different stores for a pair of shoes are shown below.
$78, $79, $81, $82, $83
Two days later, another store has the same shoes on sale for $65. How does the new price affect the data?

• Only the range was affected.
• The median increased, and the range increased.
• The mean increased, and the range increased.
• The mean decreased and the range increased.

The data set below has an outlier of 42.
2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 12, 12, 42
What effect does removing the outlier have on the distribution of the data?

• The mean will decrease
• The median will decrease
• The mean will increase
• The median will increase

Given the following data set
6, 9, 12, 14, 7, 9, 6, 8, 25, 12, 14
What is the mean of the data set without the outlier(s)?

• 9.2
• 9.7
• 11.1
• 12.4

Find the outlier in the set of data:
20, 52, 86, 80, 44, 49, 57, 41, 44, 55

• 86
• 41, 80, 86
• 80, 20, 86
• 80, 86