Question

Which points in the scatter plot are outliers?

Select each correct answer.




Point C

Point D

Point F

Point G

Point H

Answer 1

Option (b) and (c) are correct.

The outliers of the given data set are point F and point D.

Explanation:

Given : The scatter plot.

We have to identify the points that lies in the scatter plot are outliers.

Outliers are the data set that lies far away from the rest of the data

From the given graph only two points F and D lies outside the data set.

So, the outliers of the given data set are point F and point D.

Thus, Option (b) and (c) are correct.

Answer 2

Answer: Point D

Point F

Explanation:

In a data set , the outliers are the extreme values that lies far away from the rest of the entire population .

In the given scatter plot , we can easily see that point F and point D are far away from the rest of the points (all are closer to each other except point F and D).

Therefore, the points are the outliers in the given scatter plot : Point F and Point D.