9.4.1.2

Analyze the effects on summary statistics of changes in data sets.

Example Problems
A cat gave birth to 3 kittens who each had a different weight between and :

Then, the cat gave birth to a 4th kitten that weighed
.

How will adding this kitten's weight affect the
median; will it increase, decrease, or stay the same?
Nia tracked her step counts for 8 days. The mean step count was exactly 10,000 steps. On the 9th day, she logged 10,000 steps.

How will adding this day's count affect the
mean; will it increase, decrease, or stay the same?
The image files captured by a drone have a mean size of with a standard deviation of .

What will be the
mean of the distribution of file sizes in kilobytes?
equals .
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