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  • Feb 22, 2011, 05:06 PM
    maramfaith24
    Help finding the outlier in the data set?
    0.3, 7, 5.8, 6.6, 7.7, 6.5, 7.4, 9.9

    What would the outlier be, I think 9.9.. Am I right?
  • Feb 22, 2011, 07:54 PM
    emtdan
    Are we doing our homework?

    Think again.
  • Feb 23, 2011, 06:55 AM
    ebaines
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by emtdan View Post
    Think again.
    Right. Which one of these data points is the furthest away from the mean? How many standard deviations from the mean is it? Is it enough standard deviations away to be considered an outlier?
  • Feb 27, 2011, 01:48 PM
    taterbug010
    The answer is always the number that seems to have the largest difference between the other numbers. Majority of the numbers are 1 point away however 0.3 is 5.5 away from the next number (5.8)... so 0.3 is your outlier

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