Question

Which point on the scatter plot is an outlier?

A scatter plot is show. Point M is located at 3 and 3, Point P is located at 5 and 5, point N is located at 5 and 7, Point L is located at 6 and 2. Additional points are located at 1 and 3, 2 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 6.

Point P
Point N
Point M
Point L

Answer 1

L 6.2 is the answer.

Answer 2

The outlier on the the scatter plot is point L(6,2).

Explanation:

M(3,3)

P(5,5)

N(5,7)

L(6,2)

Other points are : (1,3), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4), (3,5), (4,5), (4,6), (5,6)

Now, To find the outliers on the scatter plot we plot all the given points on the graph.

The resultant graph is attached below :

An outlier is a value in a data set that is very different from the other values. That is, outliers are values which are usually far from the middle.

As we can see the graph the point L(6,2) is the most unusual or the farthest point on the scatter plot as compared with all the other points on the scatter plot.

Hence, The outlier on the the scatter plot is point L(6,2).