Given data set: 100, 103, 98, 34, 99, 101, 103, 97, 105
Which of the following statements is true regarding this data?
A
The value 34 is the outlier.
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B
The value 105 is the outlier.
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C
Multiple outliers exist.
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D
No outliers exist.
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Solution
The correct option is A The value 34 is the outlier. Since the given data set is numerical, we can arrange it into an ordered list as shown:
34, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 103, 105
From the list, we can see that 34 is the value that is much smaller most of the other values.