HSCI 390 - Bio Statistics » Spring 2020 » Lecture Homework 2

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Question #1
Would it be better to display the following data on ages of 20 participants in an ungrouped or grouped frequency distribution? Ages: 18, 19, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 34, 35, 35, 47, 48, 49, 49, 49, 50, 52, 54, 87
A.   Grouped frequency distribution
B.   Ungrouped frequency distribution
Question #2
Using data on ages of 20 participants below, which (if any) observation could be considered an outlier? Ages: 18, 19, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 34, 35, 35, 47, 48, 49, 49, 49, 50, 52, 54, 87
A.   87
B.   49
C.   No observations in this dataset can be considered outliers.
D.   18
E.   All of the listed choices (18, 49 and 87) can be considered outliers.

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