Question

Data are collected about the amount of time, in minutes, each member of the lacrosse team spends practicing. How does a single outlier change the mean of the collected data?

Answer 1

@peachpi

Answer 2

I think a single outlier causes the value of the mean to slightly move towards the outlier

Answer 3

When you have an outlier, you basically have a piece or group of data that is "outside" of the normal group Therefore, when you have the outlier being a higher data, the mean might be higher, but if it is lower, then the mean might be lower as well.

Answer 4

so....am I right?

Answer 5

I think so.

Answer 6

@peachpi you think that is right that was my first guess

Answer 7

yes