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How do outliers affect data analysis?

A) They may significantly affect the mean of the data.
B) They affect the mode of the data.
C) They do not, just calculate them with the data the same as all the other data.
D) Not enough information. I would need to know what the data points are.

User Antont
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Answer:

A

Explanation:

User Walrii
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Answer: A

Explanation:

Outliers significantly affect the mean of a data set but have little effect on median or mode of a given data set because mean is usually much higher or lower than the other values

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