SOLUTION: Students from a statistics class were asked to record their heights in inches.
The heights (as recorded) were:
73, 74, 63, 64, 80, 72, 64, 64, 68, 75, 65, 65, 71, 72, 74, 50, 6
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Question 993635: Students from a statistics class were asked to record their heights in inches.
The heights (as recorded) were:
73, 74, 63, 64, 80, 72, 64, 64, 68, 75, 65, 65, 71, 72, 74, 50, 65, 68, 69, 66, 67, 67, 66
Are there any data values that may be suspected outliers? (Hint: remember this was the special section from 3.3)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Students from a statistics class were asked to record their heights in inches.
The heights (as recorded) were:
73, 74, 63, 64, 80, 72, 64, 64, 68, 75, 65, 65, 71, 72, 74, 50, 65, 68, 69, 66, 67, 67, 66
Are there any data values that may be suspected outliers?
Looks like 80 might be an outlier.
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Find the mean and standard deviation of the data.
Determine the z-score of 80
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Follow your textbook's rule for identifying outliers.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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