Question

A carnival operator was keeping track of the number of people who rode the Ferris wheel over the course of two weeks. Here is the data that he collected.

82, 72, 83, 75, 80, 78, 82, 73, 60, 79, 80, 78, 83, 81

Part A. Determine if there is an outlier in this data set.

Part B. If there is an outlier, describe how the mean is affected by the outlier in this data set.

Part C. Explain why the mean or the median is the better representation of the data.

please help me.. due soon!!!!

Answer 1

Answer:

Part A: The outlier is 60

Part B: The outlier 60 will decrease the mean significantly because all of the other values are significantly greater than 60.

Part C: The median is the better representation of the data because there is an outlier, making the mean less accurate.

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Answer 2

Answer:

60

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