Asked by bob

Which option is true about the outliers of the skewed dataset 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 14, 16?(1 point)
Responses

There are no outliers in the dataset.
There are no outliers in the dataset.

The only outlier of the dataset is 16.
The only outlier of the dataset is 16.

The outliers of the dataset are 5, 14, and 16.
The outliers of the dataset are 5, 14, and 16.

The outliers of the dataset are 14 and 16.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Compute quartiles (12 values): Q1 = 6.5, Q3 = 9 → IQR = 2.5.
Lower fence = Q1 − 1.5·IQR = 6.5 − 3.75 = 2.75
Upper fence = Q3 + 1.5·IQR = 9 + 3.75 = 12.75

Values > 12.75 are outliers, so 14 and 16 are outliers.