Question

After a long day at Disney world, a group of students were asked how many times they each rode Space Mountain. The values are as follows.

4,3,19,1,2,2,4,3,5,3,4,5,4,5

Part A: Are there any outliers in the data set above? Explain.
Part B: The outlier cause the (mean or median) to be greater than the (mean or median).

Answer 1

Yes 19 is really far off as it’s in double digits and the outlier will cause the mean to be greater then the median

Answer 2

a) Yes there is outliers as 19 is far beyond any of the other numbers in the data set

b) The outlier causes the mean (4.6) to be greater than the median