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Which statements best describe the data? 1, 6, 6, 6, 8 Eight is an outlier. The data is concentrated around 6 and 1 is an outlier. The mean is 4.5 and the range is 7. The range is 6.

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Step-by-step explanation:

The statements that best describe the data are:

- The data is concentrated around 6.

- The range is 6.

Step-by-step explanation:

- The fact that the numbers 6 appear multiple times suggests that 6 is a mode of the data set, and that the data is concentrated around this value.

- There is no indication that 8 is an outlier, as it is not significantly farther from the other values than they are from each other.

- There is no indication that 1 is an outlier, as it is not significantly farther from the other values than they are from each other.

- The mean of the data set is (1+6+6+6+8)/5 = 5.4, which is not equal to 4.5.

- The range of the data set is the difference between the largest and smallest values: 8 - 1 = 7. However, this is not an accurate description of how spread out the data is, as most of the values are clustered around 6 and the range is being dominated by 8 which is not significantly far from 6s. A better measure of spread in this case would be the interquartile range or standard deviation.

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