HELP!! MEDAL!!
A clerk entering salary data into a company spreadsheet accidentally put an extra "0" in the boss's salary, listing it as $2,000,000 in stead of $200,000. Explain how this error will affect these summary statistics for the company payroll:
a. measure of center: median and mean.
b.measures of spread: range, IQR, and standard deviation.

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HELP!! MEDAL!!
A clerk entering salary data into a company spreadsheet accidentally put an extra "0" in the boss's salary, listing it as $2,000,000 in stead of $200,000. Explain how this error will affect these summary statistics for the company payroll: 
a. measure of center: median and mean.
b.measures of spread: range, IQR, and standard deviation.

anonymous · Answer

It has no effect on the median and IQR