Question

Journalists try to use shorter or simpler words in their news stories whenever possible. The box below shows the number of letters in each word taken from one sentence in a news article. What are the mean and median number of letters per word? What is the outlier?
The mean number of letters per word =
The median number of letters per word =
The outlier =

Answer 1

The mean, median number and the the outlier of the number of letters in the box is 5, 4.5 and no outlier respectively.

The complete question:

A box contains the numbers 9, 2, 2, 11, 1, 8, 8, 2, 6, 1, 7, 3.

How to find mean, median and outlier

• Mean = Addition of all numbers ÷ number of digits

= (9 + 2 + 2 + 11 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 2 + 6 + 1 + 7 + 3) ÷ 12

= 60 ÷ 12

= 5

• Median = The middle value arranged in ascending or descending order.

In ascending order; 1,1,2,2,2,3,6,7,8,8,9,11

• There are two middle number; 6 and 3

Median = (6 + 3) / 2

= 9/2

= 4.5

• There is no outlier

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