Question

The following data show the height, in inches, of 11 different plants in a garden:


9

4

10

9

5

2

22

10

3

3

5



After removing the outlier, what does the mean absolute deviation of this data set represent?
On average, the height of a plant varies 2.8 inches from the mean of 6 inches.
On average, the height of a plant varies 3.2 inches from the mean of 5 inches.
On average, the height of a plant varies 2.8 inches from the mean of 5 inches.
On average, the height of a plant varies 3.2 inches from the mean of 6 inches.

Answer 1

WILL FAN AND MEDAL

Answer 2

one approach
first arrange in numerical order to clearly see the outlier
the mean of a set of data is the average take the sum of each entry and divide by the number of entries

Answer 3

i got d

Answer 4

the deviation will be how far the value is from the mean

Answer 5

thxs

Answer 6

the mean would be 6 ---correct