Question

Find the mean, median, and mode of the data with and without the outlier.

27, 45, 33, 52, 29, 40, 96, 47, 40, 38

Describe the effect of the outlier on the measures of center.
Removing the outlier ___ the mean, ___ the median, and ___ the mode.

Answer 1

The outlier is 96.

Mean is 44.7.

Mode is 40.

Median is 40.

Range is 69.

This is with outlier.

Without outlier:

Mean is 39.

Mode is 40.

Median is 40.

Range is 25.

Explanation:

Removing the outlier only really effects the Mean. The Mode is not affected. The Median is also not affected.