de NASA s Goddard Institute for Space Studies GISS allows you to download historical temperature records for locations worldwide The data file contains monthly temperature data in degrees Celsius for Los Angeles since 1880 Examine the distribution of meteorological annual mean temperatures metANN column in degrees Celsius C To access the complete data set click the link for your preferred software format Excel Minitab 14 18 Minitab 18 JMP SPSS TI R Mac TXT PC TXT CSV CrunchIt GISS Surface Temperature Analysis https data giss nasa gov gistemp station data Macmillan Learning Is it likely that NASA repeatedly made the same data entry error in recording temperatures in Los Angeles What do you think is the most likely explanation for using the value 999 9 in the data file you downloaded They are likely not data entry errors The most likely explanation is 999 9 was used as a special code for years that did not have an annual mean temperature recorded They are likely data entry errors The most likely explanation is 999 9 was supposed to be entered as 99 9 They are likely not data entry errors The most likely explanation is 999 9 was supposed to be entered as 99 9 They are likely data entry errors The most likely explanation is 999 9 was used as a special code for years that did not have an annual mean temperature recorded