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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Collecting and Interpreting Data
Level: Grade 11
Standards: HSS-ID.A.3
Author: nsharp1
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Grade 11 Collecting and Interpreting Data CCSS: HSS-ID.A.3

Which of the following best describes the effect of removing an outlier on the standard deviation of a data set?
  1. If the outlier is the minimum value, the standard deviation will decrease; and if the outlier is the maximum value, the standard deviation will increase.
  2. If the outlier is the minimum value, the standard deviation will increase; and if the outlier is the maximum value, the standard deviation will decrease.
  3. The standard deviation will increase, regardless of the outlier's value (maximum or minimum).
  4. The standard deviation will decrease, regardless of the outlier's value (maximum or minimum).