2.144 Range the least resistant Weve seen that measures such as the mean, the range, and the...

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2.144 Range the least resistant We’ve seen that measures such as the mean, the range, and the standard deviation can be highly influenced by outliers. Explain why the range is worst in this sense. (Hint: As the sample size increases, explain how a single extreme outlier has less effect on the mean and standard deviation but can still have a large effect on the range.)

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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data

ISBN: 9781292164878

4th Global Edition

Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg

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