Summary Statistics for a Quantitative Variable

AP Statistics· difficulty 3/5

Adding a large outlier to a dataset will

A
$Decrease SD$
B
$Pull the mean toward the outlier$
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C
$Pull the median strongly$
D
$Leave mean unchanged$

Explanation

Mean and SD are sensitive; median and IQR are resistant.

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