Question

elena collects 112 specimens of beetle and records their lengths for an ecology research project. when she returns to the laboratory, elena finds that she incorrectly recorded one of lengths of the beetles as 122 centimeters (about four feet). what should she do with the outlier, 122 centimeters, when she analyzes her data?

Explanation:

Since the length of 122 centimeters is clearly an incorrect and extreme outlier due to a recording error, it should be removed from the data set to avoid skewing the analysis.

Answer:

Remove the outlier (122 - centimeter measurement) from the data set when analyzing.