Question

The amounts of Cathy’s last six clothing purchases were $109, $72, $99, $15, $99, and $89.

a. Is any value an outlier? If so, which value?
b. is the other extreme data value an outlier? Explain how you know.
c. What effect does the outlier have on the overall shape of the distribution?

Answer 1

a:yes;$15
b:no bc other than the $15 all the prices are all in the same range
c:it makes the overall shape drop