FORESTRY
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMICS
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Question
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Which of the following are resistant to outliers?
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The mean and standard deviation
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The median and standard deviation
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The median and the range
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The median and IQR
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The range and IQR
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The standard deviation is resistant to outliers.
Detailed explanation-2: -A statistic is said to be resistant if it is not sensitive to extreme values. Two examples of statistics that are resistant include: The median. The interquartile range.
Detailed explanation-3: -For distributions that have outliers or are skewed, the median is often the preferred measure of central tendency because the median is more resistant to outliers than the mean.
Detailed explanation-4: -The IQR is a type of resistant measure. The second measure of spread or variation is called the standard deviation (SD).
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