Question #dacc9
1 Answer
Oct 26, 2017
Outliers are data points that lie outside of what appears to be a “normal” range of values.
Explanation:
Suppose that you collect the masses of players on a basketball team and record them in a graph.
The masses are as follows (pounds): 130, 145, 158, 162, 133, 143, 350, 426.
The mean mass for the first six measurements is 145.2. However, when including the last two measurements, the mean jumps to 205.9!
It is misleading—
