Statistics and Outliers

A value much greater or much less than the others in a data set.

• Outlier

• Cluster

• Gap

• Frequency

science of collecting and analyzing data

• statistics

• statistical question

• biology

• forenzics

most frequently occurring number in a data set

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

-center number of a data set

• mean

• median

• mode

• range

The heights, in inches, of 12 students are listed below.

59, 60, 60, 61, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 70, 86

Which statement best describes the spread of these data?

• The set of data is evenly spread.

• The set of data is skewed because 59 is the only value below 60.

• The median of the data is 59.5.

• 86 is an outlier, which would affect the standard deviation of these data

• Not enough information

The number that is much larger or smaller than the other numbers in the data

• outlier

• diameter

• mode

• range

What is the outlier in the data set?

• 112

• 211

• 114

• 141

• spread
• mean
• outlier
• median

What is the Outlier of this Data?

• 31

• 16

• 32

• 27

Which value(s) are outlier(s) for the age of male Oscar winners?

• 80

• 76

• 60

• 29