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Statistics, 2ADV S2 SM-Bank 5 MC

 The stem plot below shows the height, in centimetres, of 20 players in a junior football team.
 

A player with a height of 179 cm is considered an outlier because 179 cm is greater than

  1. 162 cm
  2. 169 cm
  3. 173 cm
  4. 175.5 cm
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`D`

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`Q_1 = (148 + 148)/2 = 148`

`Q_3 = (158 + 160)/2 = 159`

`IQR = 159 – 148 = 11`

`text{Upper fence}` `= Q_3 + 1.5 xx IQR`
  `= 159 + 1.5 xx 11`
  `= 175.5`

 
`=> D`

Filed Under: Other Chart Types (Y12) Tagged With: Band 3, common-content, smc-998-20-Stem and Leaf, smc-998-50-Outlier

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