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? (4 points)


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

Answer 1

Remove the outlier of 23 and then calc the mean and standard deviation, I get 3.6 for the s.d and 6 for the mean.

Answer 2

@Evoker i got it wrong

Answer 3

Hmm sorry, I just punched them into excel, oh both 2nd and fourth choices would be right