OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

FORESTRY

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Using the information below, identify which of the following is NOT an outlier:Q1 = 53Q2 = 55Q3=61
A
73
B
40
C
80
D
73.5
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –One way to define an outlier is o anything below Q1 – 1.5 IQR or… o above Q3 + 1.5 IQR. This is called the 1.5 x IQR rule. (Important).

Detailed explanation-2: -An outlier is an observation that appears to deviate markedly from other observations in the sample. Identification of potential outliers is important for the following reasons. An outlier may indicate bad data. For example, the data may have been coded incorrectly or an experiment may not have been run correctly.

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