M.1HS.33

Interpret differences in shape, center and spread in the context of the data sets, accounting for possible effects of extreme data points (outliers).

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?
Lara is a wildlife researcher.
They were analyzing the
mean lengths of 7 fish their team had observed. The fish all had different lengths between and .
Lara found out that they were misreading the longest length. It was actually
, not .

How will this length increasing affect the
mean; will it increase, decrease, or stay the same?
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