Exam 1

1. Metainformation

   Tag	Value
   file	Descriptive-statistics_vufsw-outliers-0018-en_vufsw-outliers-0018-en
   name	vufsw-outliers-0018-en
   section	descriptive statistics/summary statistics/outliers
   type	schoice
   solution	FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE
   Type	conceptual
   Program	NA
   Language	English
   Level	statistical literacy

   Question

   • Utliers* (“outliers”) can have a major impact on the descriptive statistics. What is the impact on the mean when we remove an outlier from our data? The calculated mean (M) of the variable …
   
   
   1. FALSE: Always stays the same.
   2. FALSE: Always gets lower.
   3. FALSE: Always gets higher.
   4. TRUE: Can go up as well as down.
   
   

   Solution

   Language Dutch

   M&T Basics of quantitative research Basics of quantitative research

   M&T BIS Default value

   
   
   1. False
   2. False
   3. False
   4. True