Question

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


2

9

1

23

3

7

10

2

10

9

7



After removing the outlier, what does the mean absolute deviation of this data set represent?
On average, the height of a garden gnome varies 3.2 inches from the mean of 7 inches.

On average, the height of a garden gnome varies 3.6 inches from the mean of 6 inches.

On average, the height of a garden gnome varies 3.2 inches from the mean of 6 inches.

On average, the height of a garden gnome varies 3.6 inches from the mean of 7 inches.

Answer 1

any idea which number is the "outlier" ?

Answer 2

the outlier is a number "far from the average"
it will either be the very smallest or the very largest