Question

Which data set contains an outlier?


A. {15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 18}


B. {45, 46, 47, 47, 49, 49}


C. {9, 10, 10, 11.4, 12.1, 12.6}


D. {16, 42, 45, 45, 46, 48}

Answer 1

The data set which contains an outlier from the given answer choices is; Choice D; {16, 42, 45, 45, 46, 48}.

What is an outlier?

An outlier in a set of data values is a data value which differs significantly from other data points and hence, tends to affect the mean of such set of data values significantly.

On this note, choice D is the set of data values which contains an outlier.

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