Another instructor collected data on the number of letters in the full name of Summary statistics for this data are given in the chart: n 118 Mean 17.115 Stdv 0.401 Min 8 Q1 14 Median 17 Q3 Max 18 30 Suppose that the maximum value in this data set should have been 50 letters instead of 30. Briefly describe what would happen to the values of the mean and the median once the data set has been corrected.
Another instructor collected data on the number of letters in the full name of Summary statistics for this data are given in the chart: n 118 Mean 17.115 Stdv 0.401 Min 8 Q1 14 Median 17 Q3 Max 18 30 Suppose that the maximum value in this data set should have been 50 letters instead of 30. Briefly describe what would happen to the values of the mean and the median once the data set has been corrected.
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Transcribed Image Text:Another instructor collected data on the number of letters in the full name of Summary statistics
for this data are given in the chart:
n
118
Mean
17.115
Stdv
0.401
Min
8
Q1
14
Median
17
Q3
Max
18
30
Suppose that the maximum value in this data set should have been 50 letters instead of 30.
Briefly describe what would happen to the values of the mean and the median once the data set
has been corrected.
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