Data are collected about the amount of time, in minutes, each band member spends practicing. How does a single outlier change th
e lower and upper quartiles of the collected data? A single outlier does not affect the values of the quartiles.
A single outlier causes the values of the quartiles to move slightly away from the outlier.
A single outlier doubles the values of the quartiles.
A single outlier causes the values of the quartiles to move slightly toward the outlier.
A single outlier does not affect the values of the quartiles.
<h3>What is the effect of the outlier on the value of the quartiles?</h3>
An outlier is a number that is way smaller or way larger than that of other numbers in a data set. An outlier does not affect the values of the upper and lower quartiles. This is an advantage of the upper and lower quartiles over range.
