Question

Find the outlier of the set of data 80,71,75,69,74,17,82

Answer 1

The Outlier is 17.

Explanation:

Since 17 is far from other numbers of data set. So, it is an outlier.

Also all other numbers in the data set lie between 69 to 82. But 17 is distinct from other numbers. Hence it is an outlier.

Further, Outlier is the observation which is distinct or has a large distance from other observation. Also, Data set is much affected by the outliers.

Answer 2

17 is the outlier because it is not very close to the other numbers