A random sample of 42 earthquakes that have occurred between January 2015 and September 2017 was selected and for each earthquake the magnitude of the earthquake and the number of people killed was recorded. The data appear in the scatterplot below. 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -50 -100 -150 Magnitude of Earthquake 7 One earthquake was magnitude 3.8 and resulted in the death of 260 people. You should be able to identify this earthquake on the scatterplot. This observation represents which of the following? Outlier Extrapolation Influential Observation Lurking Variable Residual Number of People Killed 1 加

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A random sample of 42 earthquakes that have occurred between January 2015 and
September 2017 was selected and for each earthquake the magnitude of the earthquake
and the number of people killed was recorded. The data appear in the scatterplot below.
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
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4
5
6
-50
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10
-100
150
Magnitude of Earthquake
7
One earthquake was magnitude 3.8 and resulted in the death of 260 people. You
should be able to identify this earthquake on the scatterplot. This observation
represents which of the following?
Outlier
Extrapolation
Influential Observation
Lurking Variable
Residual
Number of People Killed
O
3
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Transcribed Image Text:A random sample of 42 earthquakes that have occurred between January 2015 and September 2017 was selected and for each earthquake the magnitude of the earthquake and the number of people killed was recorded. The data appear in the scatterplot below. 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 ***** 4 5 6 -50 7 10 -100 150 Magnitude of Earthquake 7 One earthquake was magnitude 3.8 and resulted in the death of 260 people. You should be able to identify this earthquake on the scatterplot. This observation represents which of the following? Outlier Extrapolation Influential Observation Lurking Variable Residual Number of People Killed O 3 ----
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