Which measure does not change if the outlier is discarded from the data?
A data set shows various people's heart rates after exercising: ninety, ninety, ninety-four, ninety-six, one hundred sixty
mean
median
mode
range
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Do you know what each of these terms mean?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yeah
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Okay, then, what are you having troubles with in the question then?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
is it d?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
No, the range goes from 90 to 160 not including the outlier- that means that it changes when we remove it.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
oh thx
OpenStudy (anonymous):
The mean obviously changes; once calculated, we can see that they're different.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Because removing the outlier makes the number of data points go from an odd number to an even number, the median will become a decimal.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
This means that the only measure that does not change is the mode.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
i had it right then
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
d is the fourth one, correct? And that's the range?