Identify Potential Outliers, If Any, for the Given Data A) $310,2500,3700$

question 178

Multiple Choice

Identify potential outliers, if any, for the given data.
-The weekly salaries (in dollars) of 24 randomly selected employees of a company are shown below.
$\begin{array} { r r r r r r r r } 310 & 320 & 450 & 460 & 470 & 500 & 520 & 540 \\ 580 & 600 & 650 & 700 & 710 & 840 & 870 & 900 \\ 1000 & 1200 & 1250 & 1300 & 1400 & 1720 & 2500 & 3700 \end{array}$

• A)\(310,2500,3700\)
• B) 3700
• C) 2500,3700
• D) 2500

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Definitions:

Paradigm Effect

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Hawthorne Effect

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Skinner Effect

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