A model is built to predict the amount of rainfall that will occur in the city of Brayville, based on the average daily rainfall for the corresponding month of the prior year. Which of the following is an example of an outlier in the set of data?(1 point)

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a lower-than-average number of people driving on the road due to wet conditions
a lower-than-average number of people driving on the road due to wet conditions

a higher-than-average soil moisture level at the Brayville city park
a higher-than-average soil moisture level at the Brayville city park

a higher-than-average number of people observing the rainfall totals that month
a higher-than-average number of people observing the rainfall totals that month

a higher-than-average rainfall due to an unseasonable hurricane that month

Answer 1

The example of an outlier in the set of data is:

a higher-than-average rainfall due to an unseasonable hurricane that month.

This is considered an outlier because it represents an extreme event that significantly deviates from the normal patterns or trends observed in the average daily rainfall for the corresponding month of the prior year.