Question

A model is built to predict the amount of rainfall that will occur in the city of Brayville, based on the average dailyrainfall for the corresponding month of the prior year. Which of the following is an example of an outlier in the set ofdata?
(1 point)
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 rainfall due to an unseasonable hurricane that month
a higher-than-average number of people observing the rainfall totals that month

Answer 1

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

Explanation: an outlier is an unusually large or small data point relative to the typical values; an unseasonable hurricane would produce an extreme rainfall amount that deviates sharply from the normal pattern.