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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how does the outlier effect the mean?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it affects mean more because when dealing with median it doesn't matter what the actual value of the outlier is. Whether it was 66 or 130, taking it out would do the same thing to the median. The mean depends on what the outlier IS.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It will shift it by a lot

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