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An outlier is a number that is very high or very low from the others. For example: 10, 15, 20, 5, 25, 25, 20, 50. Its mean would be 21.25, because the 50 is the numbers' outlier.
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How does the outlier affect the mean median mode?
An outlier can increase or decrease the mean and median It usually doesn't affect the mode
How does the outlier affect the mean of the data?
An outlier does affect the mean of the data. How it's affected depends on how many data points there are, how far from the data the outlier is, whether it is greater than the mean (increases mean) or less than the mean (decreases the mean).
How would the outlier affect the mean and median of the data?
An outlier will pull the mean and median towards itself. The extent to which the mean is affected will depend on the number of observations as well as the magnitude of the outlier. The median will change by a half-step.
How are the mean and standard deviation affected by an outlier?
The mean is "pushed" in the direction of the outlier. The standard deviation increases.
What is a common term used to mean a measure of central tendency?
The answer is outlier
How does outlier affect mean median mode?
An outlier pulls the mean towards it. It does not affect the median and only affects the mode if the mode is itself the outlier.
How does an outlier in a group of numbers affect the mean of the numbers?
The outlier skews the mean towards it.
How does the outlier affect the mean median mode?
An outlier can increase or decrease the mean and median It usually doesn't affect the mode
How does the outlier effect the mean in math?
The outlier could affect the mean by making it drastically larger or smaller.
How does the outlier affect the mean of the data?
An outlier does affect the mean of the data. How it's affected depends on how many data points there are, how far from the data the outlier is, whether it is greater than the mean (increases mean) or less than the mean (decreases the mean).
How does the outlier affect the median?
Outlier does not affect the median.
What does the outlier affect the most out of mean median and mode?
The mean. Or the mode.
How does an outlier affect data?
it messes up the mean and sometimes the median. * * * * * An outlier cannot mess up the median.
How does the outlier affect the mean and median?
The mean is better than the median when there are outliers.
How does the outlier affect the mean median mode and range?
The outlier is capable of affecting mean median mode and range it affects mean because the average has changed if affects median because you have to cross out 1 more letter it doesn't affect mode it does affect range because an outlier is a number that i far away from the other numbers * * * * * It does not affect the median.
How would the outlier affect the mean and median of the data?
An outlier will pull the mean and median towards itself. The extent to which the mean is affected will depend on the number of observations as well as the magnitude of the outlier. The median will change by a half-step.
What is the term for an exceptional value that can dramatically affect the mean?
That would be outlier.
