What relationship exists between the standard normal distribution and the box-plot methodology for describing distributions of data by means of quartiles? The answer depends on the true underlying probability distribution of the data. Assume for the remainder of this exercise that the distribution is normal. Can you now better understand why the inner and outer fences of a box plot are used to detect outliers in a distribution? Explain.

Presley Esparza

Presley Esparza

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2022-09-11

What relationship exists between the standard normal distribution and the box-plot methodology for describing distributions of data by means of quartiles? The answer depends on the true underlying probability distribution of the data. Assume for the remainder of this exercise that the distribution is normal. Can you now better understand why the inner and outer fences of a box plot are used to detect outliers in a distribution? Explain.

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Anabelle Hicks

Anabelle Hicks

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In this exercise we need to show what kind of relationship there is between the standard normal distribution and the box-plot methodology for describing distributions of data by means of quartiles.
Yes we do, because an outlier is any measurement that is distant from most of the other measurements in a set of data, which means that it has small probability to occur, and in this case the probability that some event that lie between the inner and outer fences of the box plot occurs is equal to .007, which is small probability.

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