Question

36, 39, 40, 42, 45, 2, 38, 41, 37, 38, 35, 37, 35, 38 Which of the following statements is true based on the data set? There is one outlier, indicating very few books were rented out on that day. There are two outliers, indicating very few books were rented out on those two days. There is one outlier, indicating an abnormally large number of books were rented out on that day. There are two outliers, indicating an abnormally large number of books were rented out on those two days.

Answer 1

There is a typical range of 35-42 in the data set. However, there is only one value that falls outside of the range, which is 2. 2 is substantially lower than the lowest point of the range, which is 35.

The answer is the following statement: There is one outlier, indicating very few books were rented out on that day.

Answer 2

There is one outlier because there is a 2 but in the future graphing helps not just asking other people to do your work for you.