Exercise

Exercise 5. Error impact on median

In the previous exercises we saw how one mistake can have a substantial effect on the average and the standard deviation.

Now we are going to see how the median and MAD are much more resistant to outliers. For this reason we say that they are robust summaries.

Instructions

100 XP

Report how many inches the median grows after the mistake. Specifically, report the difference between the median of the data with the mistake x_with_error and the data without the mistake x.

Take Hint (-30 XP)