7.06 Outliers and measures of center

Interactive practice questions

Identify the outlier in the data set:

$5,6,7,8,9,9,18$5,6,7,8,9,9,18

Easy

< 1min

Identify the outlier in the data set:

$59,61,63,70,73,76,113$59,61,63,70,73,76,113

Easy

< 1min

Identify the outlier in the data set:

$10,7,6,8,1,10,6$10,7,6,8,1,10,6

Medium

< 1min

Identify the outlier in the data set:

$73,65,72,68,74,57,121$73,65,72,68,74,57,121

Medium

< 1min

Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by:

Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range).

Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data was gathered.