A botanist grew 24 pepper plants on the same greenhouse bench. After 21 days, she measured the total stem length (cm) of each plant, and obtained the following values: 9.8 12.1 13.1 10.1 12.2 13.2 10.9 12.2 13.2 11.3 12.3 13.4 11.8 12.5 13.5 11.9 12.6 13.5 12.0 12.7 13.6 12.0 13.0 14.1 What value must an observation be greater than to be considered an outlier? If necessary, round your answer to 3 places after the decimal.

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A botanist grew 24 pepper plants on the same greenhouse bench. After 21 days, she measured the total stem
length (cm) of each plant, and obtained the following values:
9.8
12.1
13.1
10.1
12.2
13.2
10.9
12.2
13.2
11.3
12.3
13.4
11.8
12.5
13.5
11.9
12.6
13.5
12.0
12.7
13.6
12.0
13.0
14.1
What value must an observation be greater than to be considered an outlier? If necessary, round your answer to
3 places after the decimal.
Transcribed Image Text:A botanist grew 24 pepper plants on the same greenhouse bench. After 21 days, she measured the total stem length (cm) of each plant, and obtained the following values: 9.8 12.1 13.1 10.1 12.2 13.2 10.9 12.2 13.2 11.3 12.3 13.4 11.8 12.5 13.5 11.9 12.6 13.5 12.0 12.7 13.6 12.0 13.0 14.1 What value must an observation be greater than to be considered an outlier? If necessary, round your answer to 3 places after the decimal.
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Given data is9.8,10.1,10.9,11.3,11.8,11.9,12.0,12.0,12.1,12.2,12.2,12.3,12.5,12.6,12.7,13.0,13.1,13.2,13.2,13.4,13.5,13.5,13.6,14.1sample size(n)=24

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