The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 2 - Describing Distributions with Numbers - Chapter 2 Exercises - Page 69: 2.33c

Answer

With the outlier, the median value is 61. Without the outlier, the median value is the average of 54 and 61 (or 57.5). This shows the data set is not too terribly affected by removing the outlier.

Work Step by Step

In a dataset of 21 values, the median value is the 11th value. The 11th value in this set is 61. In a dataset of 20 values, the median value is the average of the 10th and 11th values. The 10th and 11th values, respectively, are 54 and 61.
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