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For Exercises 51 through 54, you should use the following definition of an outlier: An outlier is any data value that is above the third quartile by more than 1.5 times the IQR [Outlier 7 Q3 + 1.5(IQR)] or below the first quartile by more than 1.5 times the IQR [Outlier 6 Q1 - 1.5(IQR)]. (Note: There is no one universally agreed upon definition of an outlier; this is but one of several definitions used by statisticians.)The distribution of the heights (in inches) of 18-year-oldU.S. males has first quartile Q1 = 67 in. and third quartileQ3 = 71 in. Using the preceding definition, determinewhich heights correspond to outliers

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For Exercises 51 through 54, you should use the following definition of an outlier: An outlier is any data value that is above the third quartile by more than 1.5 times the IQR [Outlier 7 Q3 + 1.5(IQR)] or below the first quartile by more than 1.5 times the IQR [Outlier 6 Q1 - 1.5(IQR)]. (Note: There is no one universally agreed upon definition of an outlier; this is but one of several definitions used by statisticians.)The distribution of the heights (in inches) of 18-year-oldU.S. males has first quartile Q1 = 67 in. and third quartileQ3 = 71 in. Using the preceding definition, determinewhich heights correspond to outliers

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Heights of males in the US

 

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