Far Out

Students learn what outliers, how they affect the statistics of a data set, and how to use technology to identify them (i.e., by making a box plot and looking for points marked as outliers).

By Desmos Classroom

Learning goals: Learning Goals • Determine whether or not a data point is an outlier. • Explain how outliers impact the mean or median of a data set. Materials • Unit 3 Calculator Guide (optional)