RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS

MEASURES OF DISPERSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the outlier in this data set?{23, 60, 30, 21, 25, 35, 29}
A
35
B
21
C
30
D
60
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A value that “lies outside” (is much smaller or larger than) most of the other values in a set of data. For example in the scores 25, 29, 3, 32, 85, 33, 27, 28 both 3 and 85 are “outliers".

Detailed explanation-2: -A range is the positive difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set. An outlier is a value that is much smaller or larger than the other data values. It is possible for a data set to have one or more outliers.

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