Stats: Data and Models (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321692551
ISBN 13: 978-0-32169-255-9

Chapter 4 - Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data - Exercises - Page 73: 17

Answer

a. The median will remain unchanged, because only one salary has been wrongly entered. However, mean will increase. b. IQR will remain unchanged because outliers have no effect on IQR. However, range and standard deviation will change.

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a. The median will remain unchanged, because only one salary has been wrongly entered. However, mean will increase. b. IQR will remain unchanged because outliers have no effect on IQR. However, range and standard deviation will change.
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