Question

A) A researcher analyzed the data of used cars.  The odometer readings of 300 used 2010 Honda Civics were analyzed to

predict the selling price of the car.  List the independent variable ___________________________________

B)Your analysis on a set of data has determined that there are outliers in your data set.  Which measure of central

tendency would be most appropriate to use?  ________________________ (list only one).

Answer 1

A)

A researcher analyzed the data of used cars.  The odometer readings of 300 used 2010 Honda Civics were analyzed to predict the selling price of the car.

Independent variable - odometer reading

( As odometer reading does not depend on any other thing and it is used to predict the price of the car)

B) Your analysis on a set of data has determined that there are outliers in your data set. Measure of central

tendency That would be most appropriate to use - Median

( Median is the measure of central tendency that does not include outliers , so it remain unaffected by outliers)