Question

Which data set contains an outlier?A: {9, 10, 10, 11.4, 12.1, 12.6}B: {16, 42, 45, 45, 46, 48}C: {45, 46, 47, 47, 49, 49}D: {15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18}

Answer 1

Outliers are points that are far from other data points.

The data set that contains an outlier is set B, because the nunber 16 is too far from the others numbers.