Question

The boxplot below displays the average number of apple pies consumed in eating contests across a particular state. The higher outlier is from a professional, heavyweight contests, and the lower outlier is from a children's eating contest.
Boxplot with minimum at 20, Q1 at 25, median at 30, Q3 at 35, maximum at 40, and outliers at 8 and 56.

What effect will removing all outliers have on the mean and median of the data set?


Neither the mean nor the median will change.

The mean will remain unchanged and the median will increase.

The mean will remain unchanged and the median will decrease.

The median will remain unchanged and the mean will increase.

The median will remain unchanged and the mean will decrease.

Answer 1

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