Eight teachers were asked to give the number of cousins in their families. The sample data follows: 9 8 9 6 5 16 5 3 outliers. Compute the lower limit and upper limit of the data set. Then identify if the data set contain any

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Eight teachers were asked to give the number of cousins in their families. The sample data follows:
9.
8 9 6
16
5 3
Compute the lower limit and upper limit of the data set. Then identify if the data set contain any outliers.
Transcribed Image Text:Eight teachers were asked to give the number of cousins in their families. The sample data follows: 9. 8 9 6 16 5 3 Compute the lower limit and upper limit of the data set. Then identify if the data set contain any outliers.
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This question is related to the topic quality control and this topic falls under Operations Management Syllabus, Here, for each teacher, we have number of cousins in their families, we have got total eight sample data, for this data set, I would calculate upper control limit and lower control limit, all these calculations are done in the next step.

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