Does this set of data have any outliers?
Data: 1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 16, 18.

Question

Does this set of data have any outliers?
Data: 1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 16, 18.

ragingsquirrel · Answer

Do you know what outliers are?

ragingsquirrel · Answer

Welcome to openstudy by the way.
Outliers are numbers that are too far off from the others. I think they are all relatively close, so your answer is no.

anonymous · Answer

They're really confusing... in my opinion I was hoping someone could help

ragingsquirrel · Answer

Okay, so if i were trying to find the range of a set of data.
Heres the data: 1,2,2,3,5,12.
To find the range, i subtract the highest, from the lowest. But the number 12 pulls it WAY too far up. 12 is an example of an outlier. To get a fair range, we must remove the 12.

anonymous · Answer

ok so 12 is the outlier here?

ragingsquirrel · Answer

Yep. Outlier is just a number that is too far off from the others.
Your set of data does not have any outlier.

anonymous · Answer

ok so what would we do with the outlier? Would we use the 5 instead to find the range?

ragingsquirrel · Answer

Yeah. You just remove outliers when you see them

ragingsquirrel · Answer

Dont forget to hit "good answer" if i helped you out!
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anonymous · Answer

Lol. That makes a lot more sense than the "big words" in my text book. Thanks and I totally will...:)