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Chapter 4: Measures of Position
That is, if
x
falls outside the inner fences, then
is classified as anoutlier
basedon the
InnerFenceTest
. The Inner FenceTest foranoutlier is
depicted in
Figure 4-16
.
Figure 4-16:
Pictorial representationof the Inner FenceTest
Example4-8:
Thedatagiven represent the total number ofWinter
Olympic medals wonby11 countries in 2010. Determine whether the
number ofmedals wonby theUnited States is anoutlier relative to the
numbers for the other countries. The data is given below.