Question

Use complete sentences to explain what an outlier is and how it affects the mean?

Answer 1

Let's give a sample data set:
1 2 3 4 5 4 2 3 1 5 2 4 100.
First, what is the outlier?

Answer 2

100

Answer 3

Exactly.

Answer 4

Why?

Answer 5

Because it is the number that is the farthest away from the group of numbers

Answer 6

exactly. That is your definition of an outlier.