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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A data set has the following statistical measures. mean = 10 mode = 4 median = 5 Which of the following is most likely true about the data set? The data is centered about the mean. There is a small outlier. There is a large outlier.

Parth (parthkohli):

Outlier means a term very different from others. What do you think?

Parth (parthkohli):

BTW, is your name Hi there or hit here? xD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

either way haha and is it the second one

OpenStudy (kropot72):

The mode represents the maximum point on the distribution curve.If the median and the mode do not occur at the same point as the mean, the distribution is skewed. The measures given make it possible there is a large outlier.

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