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Question 5

In a study of how students use their mobile telephones, the phone usage of a random sample of 11 students was examined for a particular week. The total length of calls, y y\,y minutes, for the 11 students were:

17, 23, 35, 36, 51, 53, 54, 55, 60, 77, 110

a.

Find the median and quartiles for these data.

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b.

A value that is greater than Q3+1.5×(Q3−Q1)Q_3 + 1.5 \times (Q_3 - Q_1)Q3​+1.5×(Q3​−Q1​) or smaller than Q1−1.5×(Q3−Q1)Q_1 - 1.5 \times (Q_3 - Q_1)Q1​−1.5×(Q3​−Q1​) is defined as an outlier. Show that 110 is the only outlier.

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c.

Draw a box plot for these data indicating clearly the position of the outlier.

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