The table below shows data from a survey about the amount of time high school students spent reading and the amount of time spent watching videos each week (without reading):

Reading Video
4 4
4 5
5 6
5 8
5 9
6 10
7 11
8 12
8 14
9 25

Which response best describes outliers in these data sets?
Neither data set has suspected outliers.
The range of data is too small to identify outliers.
Video has a suspected outlier in the 25-hour value.
The 25-hour value for video does not pass the outlier test of 1.5 ⋅ (IQR) + Q3.

Question

The table below shows data from a survey about the amount of time high school students spent reading and the amount of time spent watching videos each week (without reading):

Reading Video
4 4
4 5
5 6
5 8
5 9
6 10
7 11
8 12
8 14
9 25

Which response best describes outliers in these data sets?
 Neither data set has suspected outliers.
 The range of data is too small to identify outliers.
 Video has a suspected outlier in the 25-hour value.
 The 25-hour value for video does not pass the outlier test of 1.5 ⋅ (IQR) + Q3.

Vocaloid · Answer

hint - for each column are there any numbers that are much bigger or much smaller than the other values in the column?

byeeee · Answer

well in the second column there is 25 @Vocaloid

Vocaloid · Answer

good, so we could say that 25 is an outlier which best matches choice C